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confused on homework question (project management)

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Dear Summer

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Your project manager has just finished the risk response plan for an engineering project. Which of the following should he probably do NEXT?

A. Determine the overall risk rating of the project
B. Begin to analyze the risks that show up in the project drawings
C. Add work packages to the project work breakdown structure
D. Hold a project risk assessment


I googled to no end but I don't know what the answer is, any thoughts? :/
 
Don't Engineers determine all the risk stuff? That wouldn't be something a Project Manager does. So A is out of the question. B is out too. D is gone too. Only answer left is C.
 
No, Project Managers determine risk for the project not engineers. Granted an engineer can point out potential risks to a project but they're rarely the only group involved in a project. The answer is B.
 
A. Determine the overall risk rating of the project
I think this is the right answer, though it's not a step I ever take. Nobody I work with would use this data.

B. Begin to analyze the risks that show up in the project drawings
You could not have a risk response plan unless you'd already analyzed the risks to figure out what the responses can be.

C. Add work packages to the project work breakdown structure
Not sure how this relates to risk at all.

D. Hold a project risk assessment
You could not have a risk response plan unless you'd already done an assessment to know what those risks are.
 
This is a question that is exactly like the ones on the Project Management Institute's PMP exam. I'm 95% sure the answer is A.
 
richardycc said:
B and D are WRONG, those come before plan...the next step is execution/resolution....so C?
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In this context though, C is practically meaningless.

Add work packages (tasks) to the project work breakdown structure (project plan)?

If you just finished a risk mitigation plan, you would use this data to buffer your timeline and work with your stakeholders to mitigate in advance as much as possible, but you would not assign any work based on risks. You do not know what risks would come to pass so assigning work based on that would be meaningless.

I strongly suggest A as the answer.
 
Dear Summer said:
I googled to no end but I don't know what the answer is, any thoughts? :/
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Google PMI Risk Assessment

Hacp said:
Don't Engineers determine all the risk stuff? That wouldn't be something a Project Manager does. So A is out of the question. B is out too. D is gone too. Only answer left is C.
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Not all, risk assessment would be performed by the whole project team. The project would be broken down into different components and subteams would perform the risk assessment for their particular component. The PM is really just a facilitator gives the project team a framework for Risk Management unless they're also a Business Analys, risk assessment is usually done by the subject matter experts

kranky said:
This is a question that is exactly like the ones on the Project Management Institute's PMP exam. I'm 95% sure the answer is A.
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Yep, a perfect PMP exam question.
 
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Any ideas on this one?

The project manager does not have much time to spend planning before the mandatory start date arrives. He therefore wants to move through planning as effectively as possible. Which of the following would you recommend?

A. Make sure you have signed project charter and then start the WBS.
B. Create an activity list before creating a network diagram.
C. Document all the known risks before you document the high-level assumptions.
D. Finalize the quality management plan before you determine quality metrics.


I'm prettty sure it's between A and B. But I think BOTH can be recommended.
I googled this and couldn't find a definite answer. Is there a PMP type full list of questions to be found somewhere?
 
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