PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 35

The risk profile of a project has increased beyond the upper threshold of tolerance. The product owner and project leader meet to discuss an approach for dealing with this.
What should the team do next?

Answer options

• A. Add risk mitigation tasks to the backlog, then prioritize in current and upcoming sprints
• B. Add risk mitigation time to each requirement
• C. Apply the 80/20 rule, reserving 20 percent of each sprint's capacity for risk mitigation
• D. Hold all risks until they become issues, then add issue resolution tasks to the product backlog

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because adding risk mitigation tasks to the backlog allows the team to proactively address risks by prioritizing them in upcoming sprints. Option B is incorrect as adding time to each requirement does not systematically address risks. Option C is not the best choice since dedicating a fixed percentage may not effectively mitigate all risks. Option D is also wrong because waiting for risks to turn into issues can lead to more significant problems.