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You are the project manager of the BlueStar project in your company. Your company is structured as a functional organization and you report to the functional manager that you are ready to move onto th

The correct answer is B. You will need the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and any relevant. The inputs to Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis are the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and organizational process assets - regardless of the organization's structural type.

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Question

You are the project manager of the BlueStar project in your company. Your company is structured as a functional organization and you report to the functional manager that you are ready to move onto the qualitative risk analysis process. What will you need as inputs for the qualitative risk analysis of the project in this scenario?

Options

  • AQualitative risk analysis does not happen through the project manager in a functional structure.
  • BYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and any relevant
  • CYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, outputs of qualitative risk analysis, and any
  • DYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, permission from the functional manager, and any

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    91% (42)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

The inputs to Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis are the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and organizational process assets - regardless of the organization's structural type.

AQualitative risk analysis does not happen through the project manager in a functional structure.

Qualitative risk analysis is a standard PMBOK process applied in all organizational structures, including functional organizations; structure affects the project manager's authority, not the process inputs.

BYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and any relevantCorrect

The PMBOK Guide defines the formal inputs to Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis as the risk register (listing identified risks), the risk management plan (defining methodology and categories), the project scope statement (clarifying deliverables and complexity), and organizational process assets such as historical risk data. A functional organizational structure does not change or eliminate these required inputs.

CYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, outputs of qualitative risk analysis, and any

Outputs of qualitative risk analysis cannot simultaneously be inputs to the same process - that is circular; these outputs feed into subsequent processes like quantitative analysis.

DYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, permission from the functional manager, and any

Functional manager permission is not a defined input to qualitative risk analysis in the PMBOK Guide; the process relies on documented project artifacts, not organizational approvals.

Concept tested: Inputs to Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

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#Qualitative Risk Analysis#Process Inputs#Risk Register#Risk Management Plan

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