Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) — Question 161

In one of the project meetings during a project execution, a new stakeholder attends and highlights a new risk. What should the project manager do next?

Answer options

• A. Make sure proper testing gets completed to minimize the risk highlighted.
• B. Add the stakeholder to the stakeholder register and add the risk to the risk register.
• C. Ignore the risk from this stakeholder as this stakeholder never showed up at the start of the project.
• D. Add this risk to the lessons learned register on project completion.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct action is to add the stakeholder to the stakeholder register and include the new risk in the risk register, as this ensures all relevant parties and potential issues are formally recognized and managed. Ignoring the risk because the stakeholder was absent initially is unwise, as risks can arise at any stage. Similarly, documenting the risk only in the lessons learned register does not allow for proactive management during the project's execution.