Question

During early execution of a software integration project, the team surfaces several new concerns: an unproven third-party API, a key vendor with a history of late deliveries, and uncertainty about upcoming data-privacy regulations. The project manager wants to organize these emerging concerns so the team can systematically analyze root sources and ensure no category of uncertainty is overlooked. What should the project manager do?

Accepted Answer

Group the identified risks under a risk breakdown structure (RBS) by source category in the risk register

Answer

Immediately assign quantitative cost impacts to each risk and update the contingency reserve

Answer

Escalate all three concerns to the sponsor for a decision before recording them

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Add the concerns to the issue log so they can be tracked to resolution