Risk Identification and Issue Management Questions

Focuses on recognizing, assessing, and managing risks and issues in projects, programs, or operational areas. Core skills include distinguishing risks from issues, performing probability and impact assessments, prioritizing risks, developing mitigation and contingency plans, maintaining a risk register and issue log, defining ownership and escalation paths, monitoring and reporting risk status, and applying controls to reduce likelihood or impact. Candidates may be asked to describe methods for risk identification, trade offs in mitigation options, examples of escalated issues, and how they communicated and tracked resolutions.