プロジェクトにおけるリスクには, マイナスのリスクとプラスのリスクがある。スケジュールに関するリスク対応策のうち, プラスのリスクへの対応策に該当するものはどれか。
平成30年度 春期 ITパスポート試験 問47
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問 47
Incorrectア
Staff being unable to work due to influenza is an adverse effect on the project (a negative risk = threat). Preventing the occurrence itself through vaccination is an 'avoid (mitigate)' response to a threat, not a response to a positive risk.
- イ
正解 A positive risk is an 'opportunity' that, if things go well, brings a favorable effect on the project (such as lower cost or a shorter schedule). Choice イ seizes the opportunity that 'moving up the schedule can lower the overall cost' and actively shortens the duration by writing programs in parallel. This is the 'exploit (enhance)' strategy of not letting the opportunity slip and going after it, which is itself a response to a positive risk. The key point is that while the other choices are measures to 'prepare so that bad things do not happen,' only イ is a measure to 'go and realize a good opportunity.'
Incorrectウ
A schedule delay caused by the sudden loss of staff is a negative risk (threat). Securing replacement personnel in advance to limit the impact of the delay is a 'mitigate' strategy for a threat, not a response to a positive risk.
Incorrectエ
Paying penalties for delivery delays is a negative risk (threat). Taking out damage insurance so that a third party bears the financial loss is a 'transfer' strategy for a threat, not a response to a positive risk.
- Responses to a positive risk (opportunity) are classified as 'exploit, enhance, share, accept,' and responses to a negative risk (threat) are classified as 'avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept.'
- Actively going after opportunities such as being able to lower cost or shorten the duration is the 'exploit' strategy, which is a response to a positive risk.