PMI-RMP · Question #216
You are the project manager of the HJK project for your organization. You and the project team have created risk responses for many of the risk events in the project. A teaming agreement is an example
The correct answer is D. Sharing. A teaming agreement is a contractual arrangement in which two parties agree to collaborate, sharing both the risks and rewards of an opportunity, which maps directly to the Sharing risk response strategy.
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You are the project manager of the HJK project for your organization. You and the project team have created risk responses for many of the risk events in the project. A teaming agreement is an example of what risk response?
Options
- ATransference
- BAcceptance
- CMitigation
- DSharing
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A2% (1)
- B7% (3)
- C5% (2)
- D86% (38)
Why each option
A teaming agreement is a contractual arrangement in which two parties agree to collaborate, sharing both the risks and rewards of an opportunity, which maps directly to the Sharing risk response strategy.
Transference shifts the negative impact of a risk entirely to a third party through mechanisms like insurance or fixed-price contracts, without sharing the upside or ongoing collaboration.
Acceptance means the project team acknowledges a risk and decides either to deal with it if it occurs (passive) or prepares a contingency plan (active), without involving an external partner.
Mitigation involves taking actions to reduce the probability or impact of a risk before it occurs, not forming a collaborative agreement with another party.
Sharing involves allocating partial ownership of a risk or opportunity to a third party that is best positioned to handle it, with both parties jointly accepting the outcomes. A teaming agreement formalizes this joint ownership of project risk and opportunity between organizations. PMBOK specifically cites teaming agreements and joint ventures as examples of the Sharing response strategy.
Concept tested: Sharing risk response strategy - teaming agreements
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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