Risk Management & Mitigation Flashcards
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A team practicing Kanban uses Jira's WIP limits to manage risk. Which risk does enforcing WIP limits MOST directly reduce?
Answer: Multi-tasking and context-switching risk that degrades quality and throughput
WIP limits force teams to finish work before starting new tasks, reducing the cognitive overhead and quality risk introduced by excessive parallel work.
A team lead notices that the same type of risk (integration failures) recurs every release cycle. What process improvement best addresses this systemic risk?
Answer: Add a recurring retrospective action to investigate root causes and implement preventive controls
Recurring risks signal a systemic issue; retrospectives focused on root cause analysis and preventive controls break the cycle rather than just reacting each time.
In Confluence, a team maintains a living 'Risk Register' page. Which Confluence feature best ensures the register is reviewed and updated regularly?
Answer: A page watch notification with a recurring reminder using Confluence's page schedule or a linked Jira recurring task
Combining page watch notifications with a recurring Jira task or Confluence reminder ensures the register is reviewed on a defined cadence, keeping it current and actionable.
During a sprint review, the team demonstrates a feature that partially works because a risk materialized and one component was not completed. What should the Product Owner do?
Answer: Reject the incomplete feature, capture the remaining work as backlog items, and re-assess the risk for the next sprint
Accepting only genuinely done work, capturing the remainder as new backlog items, and reassessing the risk maintains the integrity of the definition of done and prevents compounding debt.
A team wants to quantify the potential schedule impact of identified risks to produce a realistic release forecast. Which technique is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Monte Carlo simulation applied to story estimates and risk probability data
Monte Carlo simulation runs thousands of scenarios using probability distributions for estimates and risks, producing a statistically grounded range of release dates.
A Jira project admin creates a custom workflow transition called 'Risk Resolved' that requires a comment explaining how the risk was addressed. What governance goal does this serve?
Answer: It creates an auditable record of risk resolution decisions directly in the issue history
Requiring a comment on the Risk Resolved transition embeds the resolution rationale in the issue history, creating a lightweight audit trail for retrospectives and compliance.
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between risk management and the agile value of 'responding to change over following a plan'?
Answer: Agile risk management uses lightweight, iterative practices to continuously identify and adapt to threats, embodying the value of responsiveness
Agile risk management is inherently adaptive — short cycles, frequent inspection, and just-in-time planning allow teams to respond to emerging risks without rigid upfront planning.