PMI-ACP · Question #614
PMI-ACP Question #614: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A: Add risk mitigation tasks to the backlog, then prioritize in current and upcoming sprints. In agile, risks are treated like any other work: made visible and prioritized in the backlog so they can be acted upon in upcoming sprints. Adding risk mitigation tasks to the backlog allows the team to plan and execute mitigations incrementally. Adding mitigation time to each re
Question
The risk profile of a project has increased beyond the upper threshold of tolerance. The product owner and project leader meet to discuss an approach for dealing with this. What should the team do next?
Options
- AAdd risk mitigation tasks to the backlog, then prioritize in current and upcoming sprints
- BAdd risk mitigation time to each requirement
- CApply the 80/20 rule, reserving 20 percent of each sprint's capacity for risk mitigation
- DHold all risks until they become issues, then add issue resolution tasks to the product backlog
Explanation
In agile, risks are treated like any other work: made visible and prioritized in the backlog so they can be acted upon in upcoming sprints. Adding risk mitigation tasks to the backlog allows the team to plan and execute mitigations incrementally. Adding mitigation time to each requirement (B) is imprecise. The 80/20 rule (C) is a heuristic not suited for threshold-crossing risk events. Holding risks until they become issues (D) is the opposite of proactive risk management and is dangerous when tolerance has already been exceeded.
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