Risk Management & Mitigation Flashcards
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A team is conducting a risk workshop before PI Planning. They use a 5x5 probability-impact matrix. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this matrix?
Answer: To prioritize risks so the team focuses mitigation effort on the most critical ones
A probability-impact matrix visually prioritizes risks by combining likelihood and consequence, helping teams direct limited mitigation resources toward the highest-priority threats.
In Jira, a team wants to ensure all risk-related stories are visible to leadership without creating a separate project. What is the best lightweight approach?
Answer: Create a saved filter and Jira dashboard using the 'Risk' label
A Jira dashboard built on a saved filter for the Risk label gives leadership real-time visibility without creating process overhead or duplication.
Which SAFe artifact is MOST directly used to communicate program-level risks to business stakeholders after PI Planning?
Answer: Program Board with risk annotations
The Program Board, updated during PI Planning, displays cross-team dependencies and risk markers, making it the primary artifact for communicating program-level risk to stakeholders.
A risk response strategy where the team decides to change the project plan to eliminate a risk entirely is called:
Answer: Avoidance
Risk avoidance involves changing scope, schedule, or approach to completely eliminate the condition that creates the risk.
A team discovers that a feature depends on regulatory approval that may not arrive until after the planned release date. How should this risk be captured in Jira?
Answer: Flag the feature story and add a blocker link to a new 'Regulatory Approval' risk issue with a target resolution date
Flagging the story and creating a linked risk issue with a resolution deadline keeps the dependency visible and trackable so the team can escalate if approval is delayed.
When should a Scrum team escalate a risk to the program level rather than resolving it themselves?
Answer: When the risk is outside the team's authority or requires cross-team coordination to resolve
Risks requiring decisions, resources, or coordination beyond a single team's authority must be escalated to the appropriate program-level role (Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, etc.).
What is the purpose of a risk-adjusted backlog in agile planning?
Answer: A backlog where risk reduction stories are explicitly prioritized alongside feature stories
A risk-adjusted backlog integrates risk mitigation tasks as first-class backlog items, ensuring that addressing risks competes fairly with feature delivery during sprint planning.