PMI-RMP · Question #132
Where can a project manager find risk-rating rules?
The correct answer is B. Organizational process assets. Risk-rating rules are found in organizational process assets because they are pre-established policies and procedures carried over from the organization's historical project experience.
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Where can a project manager find risk-rating rules?
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- ARisk management plan
- BOrganizational process assets
- CEnterprise environmental factors
- DRisk probability and impact matrix
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(28 responses)- B93% (26)
- C4% (1)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
Risk-rating rules are found in organizational process assets because they are pre-established policies and procedures carried over from the organization's historical project experience.
The risk management plan defines the project-specific approach for managing risk but does not contain pre-existing organizational risk-rating rules inherited from past projects.
Organizational process assets include an organization's historical information, lessons learned, and institutionalized policies - such as risk-rating rules developed and refined across prior projects. These rules exist before any individual project begins and are brought in as an asset the project team can apply.
Enterprise environmental factors are external conditions such as market standards, industry regulations, and organizational culture - not internally codified risk-rating procedures.
The probability and impact matrix is a tool used to evaluate individual risks during qualitative risk analysis, not a source of pre-defined organizational rating rules.
Concept tested: Organizational process assets as source of risk-rating rules
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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