The risk manager notices that in their workshops, most of the risks identified are threats. What should the risk manager do to increase the number of opportunities identified?

Question

Options

• AUse the Delphi technique involving experts who have identified opportunities in the past
• BInterview more stakeholders who have a positive mindset
• CConduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis
• DConduct a political, economic, sociological, technological, legal, and environmental (PESTLE)

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  12% (4)
• C
  76% (25)
• D
  9% (3)

Explanation

A SWOT analysis (C) is the most direct tool for this situation because 'Opportunities' is an explicit and structured category within the framework. SWOT forces participants to think positively about the project's context - strengths and opportunities - which naturally counterbalances a threat-dominant mindset. The Delphi technique (A) is useful for expert consensus but does not specifically target opportunity identification. Interviewing stakeholders with a 'positive mindset' (B) introduces selection bias. PESTLE (D) is an environmental scanning tool that can surface risks but is not structured to elicit opportunities the way SWOT is.

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