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6 Planning Responses to Project Risks Free Online FlashCards

Study 6 Planning Responses to Project Risks with 12 free online flashcards. Review key terms, definitions, and concepts with this interactive flashcard deck.

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What should guide the choice of a project risk response?

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Consider likelihood, potential effect, timing, urgency, and the response’s cost and side effects. Choose an approach proportionate to the risk and feasible within the project’s authority, schedule, and budget.

02
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What does avoiding a project threat mean?

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Avoidance changes the approach, scope, or plan so the threat can no longer affect the project.

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What does exploiting an opportunity mean?

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Exploitation means acting to make the opportunity happen.

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When is escalation a suitable risk response?

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Escalation raises the risk to the appropriate organizational level for a decision when it is outside the project’s authority or scope.

05
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How do a risk owner and an action owner differ?

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The risk owner is accountable for monitoring the risk and coordinating its response. An action owner may separately be assigned to carry out a specific task.

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How do a response trigger and contingency differ?

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A trigger is a measurable sign or event that calls for a planned action. A contingency is the fallback action if a threat occurs, or the action to capture an opportunity when its trigger appears.

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What are residual and secondary risks?

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Residual risk is exposure remaining after the planned response. Secondary risks are new risks the response itself may create; both should be recorded and assessed.

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How should approved response work be integrated into a project?

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Add approved response actions to work packages, schedules, and team assignments, and estimate their resources and costs. Include them in the appropriate plans or baselines under approval and change-control rules.

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What is threat mitigation?

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Mitigation reduces the likelihood of the threat, its impact, or both.

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What does transferring or sharing a threat do?

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It arranges for another party to carry or share part of the exposure, for example through insurance or a contract. The project may retain some risk.

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What does accepting a threat involve?

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Threat acceptance is a deliberate choice to take no proactive action beyond monitoring, or to prepare a contingency response if the threat occurs.

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What is opportunity enhancement?

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Enhancement increases the likelihood of the opportunity or the benefit it would provide.