An agile team discovers a new risk and identifies that its impact may be severe. What should an agile practitioner recommend?

Question

Options

• AAdd a goal to the current iteration to fully mitigate or control the risk.
• BBalance risk reduction and value adding activities in the next iteration.
• CContinue with the current plan to maintain team velocity.
• DUpdate the risk register and seek direction from a risk specialist.

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  83% (20)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

In agile, risk management is balanced against delivering value. When a severe risk is discovered, the right response is to incorporate risk reduction work into the next iteration alongside value-adding activities, rather than abandoning the current sprint mid-stream. Option A is wrong because adding a goal to the current iteration disrupts the sprint commitment and team focus. Option C is wrong because ignoring a severe risk to maintain velocity is irresponsible and contrary to agile principles. Option D is partially useful (updating the risk register is good practice) but deferring entirely to a risk specialist removes team ownership of risk management, which is not aligned with agile values.

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