PMI Exam PMI-ACP Topic 5 Question 66 Discussion

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Question #: 66
Topic #: 5

An agile team discovers a new risk and identifies that its impact may be severe. What should an agile practitioner recommend?

AAdd a goal to the current iteration to fully mitigate or control the risk.

BBalance risk reduction and value adding activities in the next iteration.

CContinue with the current plan to maintain team velocity.

DUpdate the risk register and seek direction from a risk specialist.

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Gwenn

2 months ago

Option B is the way to go, unless of course, the risk involves a herd of angry llamas. Then all bets are off!

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Arminda

6 days ago

D) Update the risk register and seek direction from a risk specialist.

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Adolph

6 days ago

C: Unless those llamas are involved, then we might need a different plan!

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Staci

12 days ago

B) Balance risk reduction and value adding activities in the next iteration.

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Chauncey

19 days ago

B: Definitely, that seems like the best approach.

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Jolanda

19 days ago

B) Balance risk reduction and value adding activities in the next iteration.

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Charlette

1 months ago

A: We should balance risk reduction and value adding activities in the next iteration.

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Amina

2 months ago

A) Add a goal to the current iteration to fully mitigate or control the risk.

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Eveline

2 months ago

Option C? Are you kidding me? Maintaining velocity at the expense of addressing a severe risk? That's just plain reckless.

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Elfrieda

2 months ago

I'm leaning towards Option A. Dedicating an entire iteration to mitigating the risk seems like the most proactive approach.

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Helga

2 months ago

Option D sounds like the prudent choice. Updating the risk register and seeking guidance from a risk specialist is the responsible thing to do.

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Jesus

1 months ago

D) Update the risk register and seek direction from a risk specialist.

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Devorah

1 months ago

A) Add a goal to the current iteration to fully mitigate or control the risk.

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Cruz

1 months ago

D) Update the risk register and seek direction from a risk specialist.

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Barb

2 months ago

A) Add a goal to the current iteration to fully mitigate or control the risk.

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Audra

2 months ago

I think updating the risk register and seeking direction from a risk specialist would be a good idea too.

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Thomasena

2 months ago

I agree with Tracey, it's important to address the severe impact of the risk.

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Precious

2 months ago

I think Option B is the way to go. Balancing risk reduction and value-adding activities is crucial in an agile environment.

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Afton

14 days ago

So, we should go with both options B and D to effectively manage the new risk.

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Anthony

15 days ago

Yes, that's a good point. We need to make sure we have expert advice on how to handle the risk.

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Valentin

21 days ago

But shouldn't we also update the risk register and seek direction from a risk specialist?

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Naomi

1 months ago

I agree, balancing risk reduction and value-adding activities is key.

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Tracey

3 months ago

I think we should add a goal to mitigate the risk in the current iteration.

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