ACP Risk Management & Mitigation 3

Question 1

When using the ROAM framework in SAFe PI Planning, what does 'Mitigated' mean for a risk?

Accepted Answer

A plan has been put in place that sufficiently reduces the risk's probability or impact

Answer

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.

Question 2

A product owner wants to reduce schedule risk. Which backlog management technique directly addresses this?

Accepted Answer

Splitting large stories into smaller, independently deliverable increments

Answer

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.

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

Dependency risk

Answer

Dependency risk arises when a team's progress relies on external parties or other teams, and those parties are unresponsive or delayed.

Question 4

In Jira Software, which built-in report helps teams identify whether work is piling up in a specific workflow stage, signaling a process risk?

Accepted Answer

Cumulative Flow Diagram

Answer

The Cumulative Flow Diagram shows work distribution across workflow states over time; widening bands in one state indicate a bottleneck or process risk.

Question 5

A Scrum Master notices the team consistently underestimates stories involving a newly integrated system. What risk mitigation action is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Schedule a spike to investigate and document the new system's behavior before further estimation

Answer

A spike (time-boxed research task) reduces estimation risk by building team knowledge about the unknown system before committing to delivery stories.

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ACP Risk Management & Mitigation 3