Courtney is the project manager for her organization. She is working with the project team to complete the qualitative risk analysis for her project. During the analysis Courtney encourages the project team to begin the grouping of identified risks by common causes. What is the primary advantage to group risks by common causes during qualitative risk analysis?
A.
It can lead to developing effective risk responses.
B.
It can lead to the creation of risk categories unique to each project.
C.
It saves time by collecting the related resources, such as project team members, to analyze the risk events.
D.
It helps the project team realize the areas of the project most laden with risks.
Explanation:
By grouping the risks by categories the project team can develop effective risk responses. Related risk events often have common causal ors that can be addressed with a single risk response. Answer option C is incorrect. This is not the best answer for the question, as the primary advantage is to create effective risk responses.
Answer option D is incorrect. Identifying portions of the project with the most risk may expose trends, but this is not the primary advantage.
Answer option B is incorrect. This is not a valid answer for this Reference:
"Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Fourth Edition"
I choose A