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A project team in a multinational organization is working on a risk management plan for a multimillion-dollar project. This project involves three global regions with a wide range of critical stakehol

The correct answer is B. Align the project risk thresholds with the organizational risk appetite.. In any project within an organization, risk thresholds must be aligned with the organizational risk appetite - not with a single region, a subset of influential stakeholders, or the most vulnerable parties. The organizational risk appetite represents the formally agreed-upon leve

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Question

A project team in a multinational organization is working on a risk management plan for a multimillion-dollar project. This project involves three global regions with a wide range of critical stakeholders with varying degrees of risk appetite. What should the risk manager advise the project team to do?

Options

  • AAlign the project risk thresholds with the risk appetite of a critical region.
  • BAlign the project risk thresholds with the organizational risk appetite.
  • CConcentrate on the risk appetites of the influential stakeholders.
  • DConcentrate on the risk appetites of the vulnerable stakeholders.

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    73% (16)
  • C
    9% (2)
  • D
    14% (3)

Explanation

In any project within an organization, risk thresholds must be aligned with the organizational risk appetite - not with a single region, a subset of influential stakeholders, or the most vulnerable parties. The organizational risk appetite represents the formally agreed-upon level of risk the entire enterprise is willing to accept and is the authoritative baseline for setting project-level thresholds. Aligning to only one region (A) or only certain stakeholders (C, D) would create inconsistency and could expose the organization to risks beyond what leadership has sanctioned. The risk manager's role is to translate organizational risk appetite into project-level thresholds that all regions and stakeholders operate within.

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#Organizational Risk Appetite#Risk Thresholds#Risk Planning#Stakeholder Risk Appetite

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