Risk Management & Mitigation Flashcards
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When using the ROAM framework in SAFe PI Planning, what does 'Mitigated' mean for a risk?
Answer: A plan has been put in place that sufficiently reduces the risk's probability or impact
Mitigated means the team has agreed on and begun executing a plan that lowers the risk to an acceptable level, but the risk still exists and is monitored.
A product owner wants to reduce schedule risk. Which backlog management technique directly addresses this?
Answer: Splitting large stories into smaller, independently deliverable increments
Smaller stories are easier to estimate, complete within a sprint, and deliver value incrementally, reducing the risk of late-sprint surprises that delay the schedule.
A team flags a Jira issue because a key dependency team has not responded to a request in five days. This is an example of which risk category?
Answer: Dependency risk
Dependency risk arises when a team's progress relies on external parties or other teams, and those parties are unresponsive or delayed.
In Jira Software, which built-in report helps teams identify whether work is piling up in a specific workflow stage, signaling a process risk?
Answer: Cumulative Flow Diagram
The Cumulative Flow Diagram shows work distribution across workflow states over time; widening bands in one state indicate a bottleneck or process risk.
A Scrum Master notices the team consistently underestimates stories involving a newly integrated system. What risk mitigation action is most appropriate?
Answer: Schedule a spike to investigate and document the new system's behavior before further estimation
A spike (time-boxed research task) reduces estimation risk by building team knowledge about the unknown system before committing to delivery stories.
Which of the following BEST describes a contingency plan in agile risk management?
Answer: A backup plan activated if a risk event actually happens
A contingency plan is a pre-defined response to be executed if a risk materializes, distinct from a mitigation plan which aims to prevent or reduce the risk beforehand.
A team uses Jira Automation to notify the Scrum Master when any issue stays 'In Progress' for more than three days without a status change. This automation primarily manages which type of risk?
Answer: Stale work and hidden blocker risk
Automating alerts for long-idle in-progress issues surfaces hidden blockers or stalled work before they silently threaten sprint goals.