Mobile App Design Risk Assessment & Management 3

Question 1

A mobile app is designed only for iOS 16 and above. As older devices become more prevalent among target users, this creates which type of risk?

Accepted Answer

Platform fragmentation risk

Answer

Platform fragmentation risk occurs when supporting only specific OS versions excludes a significant portion of the target user base on older devices.

Question 2

Which technique involves systematically identifying risks by examining what could go wrong at each step of a process or user flow?

Accepted Answer

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Answer

FMEA is a structured method for identifying potential failure modes in a process, their causes, and their effects on the system.

Question 3

An app team decides to purchase cyber liability insurance to cover costs of a potential data breach. This risk strategy is called:

Accepted Answer

Risk transfer

Answer

Risk transfer shifts the financial consequences of a risk to a third party, such as an insurance provider, rather than absorbing the loss internally.

Question 4

A social app launches just before a competitor releases a nearly identical product with more funding. This represents which risk that should have been assessed earlier?

Accepted Answer

Competitive market risk

Answer

Competitive market risk is the threat that a competitor's product will undermine your app's market position, adoption, or revenue.

Question 5

When should risk assessment ideally begin in the mobile app design lifecycle?

Accepted Answer

In the discovery and planning phase

Answer

Risk assessment should begin in the discovery and planning phase so that risks can be addressed in design decisions before development begins.

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Mobile App Design Risk Assessment & Management 3