Plan Risk
Responses– PMP®
Prep Topic

Saket Bansal
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Agenda
Introduction
Strategies for
Negative Risks
Strategies for Positive
Risks
Q & As

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• Roy is the Project Manager of a highway construction
project. During a risk review meeting, Roy realizes that
risk of vendor defaulting from commitment has occurred.
To take appropriate action against this risk , Roy needs
to refer to which document?
A. Risk Management Plan
B. Project Management Plan
C. Issue Log
D. Risk Register

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Plan Risk Responses

Plan Risk Responses is the process of developing options
and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce
threats to project objectives.
- PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition

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When the risk responses are planned ?
A. After developing risk management plan
B. After documenting risks in risk Register
C. After performing risk analysis
D. After the occurance of risk

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Plan Risk
Management

Identify Risks

Analysis
?

Project
Documents

Plan Risk
Responses
Develop
Project
Management
Plan

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Strategies for Negative Risks

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Avoid

Removes

Change Plan

Mitigate

Reduces

Upfront work

Transfer

Redirect

Pay Premium

Accept

Residual

Contingencies

Negative Risks

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Which response
strategy to apply ?

High

Avoid

Low

Criticality
Level

Mitigate

Transfer

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Accept
• You are working on road construction project and you
realized the proposed road is passing though the disputed
land and because of this dispute you have risk of not
getting approval from authorities on time, you discussed
this problem with your stakeholders and made them
agreed to change the path of road in such a way that this
area is now not covered in your project scope. Which risk
response strategy is applied here?
A. Avoid
B. Accept
C. Mitigate
D. Exploit
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Smoking can cause cancer.
Plan some risk response
strategies... avoid, mitigate ,
transfer and accept ?

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Strategies for Positive Risks

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Exploit

Reality

Change Plan

Enhance

Increase

Upfront work

Share

Involve

Share Cost

Accept

Residual

Contingencies

Positive Risks

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• You are working on one software development project
and you application needs component for user
authentication management, you realized that another
team is also working on project which also needs the
same component. How can you exploit , enhance or
share this risk?

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Plan Risk Responses : PMP : Project Risk Management

  • 1.
    Plan Risk Responses– PMP® PrepTopic Saket Bansal PMP is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Agenda Introduction Strategies for Negative Risks Strategiesfor Positive Risks Q & As © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    © 2013 iZenBridge| CONFIDENTIAL
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    • Roy isthe Project Manager of a highway construction project. During a risk review meeting, Roy realizes that risk of vendor defaulting from commitment has occurred. To take appropriate action against this risk , Roy needs to refer to which document? A. Risk Management Plan B. Project Management Plan C. Issue Log D. Risk Register © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Plan Risk Responses PlanRisk Responses is the process of developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives. - PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    • When the riskresponses are planned ? A. After developing risk management plan B. After documenting risks in risk Register C. After performing risk analysis D. After the occurance of risk © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Plan Risk Management Identify Risks Analysis ? Project Documents PlanRisk Responses Develop Project Management Plan © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Strategies for NegativeRisks © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Avoid Removes Change Plan Mitigate Reduces Upfront work Transfer Redirect PayPremium Accept Residual Contingencies Negative Risks © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Which response strategy toapply ? High Avoid Low Criticality Level Mitigate Transfer © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL Accept
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    • You areworking on road construction project and you realized the proposed road is passing though the disputed land and because of this dispute you have risk of not getting approval from authorities on time, you discussed this problem with your stakeholders and made them agreed to change the path of road in such a way that this area is now not covered in your project scope. Which risk response strategy is applied here? A. Avoid B. Accept C. Mitigate D. Exploit © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Smoking can causecancer. Plan some risk response strategies... avoid, mitigate , transfer and accept ? © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Strategies for PositiveRisks © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Exploit Reality Change Plan Enhance Increase Upfront work Share Involve ShareCost Accept Residual Contingencies Positive Risks © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    • You areworking on one software development project and you application needs component for user authentication management, you realized that another team is also working on project which also needs the same component. How can you exploit , enhance or share this risk? © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL
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    Stay Connected Contact Us Saket.Bansal@iZenBridge.com www.iZenBridge.com PMP®/ PMI-ACP® Discussion Forum Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/izenbridge forum.izenbridge.com © 2013 iZenBridge | CONFIDENTIAL