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Risks are dynamic and their priorities change throughout the project lifecycle. The PMBOK® Guide and ISO 31000 emphasize continuous risk monitoring and updating the risk register to reflect changing risk priorities:

"Monitoring risks is an ongoing process... Risks, their status, and their priorities must be reassessed regularly, and the risk register updated accordingly."

— PMBOK® Guide, 6th Edition, Section 11.7

"Risk management should be a continual process of risk identification, assessment, and review."

— ISO 31000:2018, Section 6.7

SWOT analysis identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In this case, B and C are potential threats or opportunities. B is a threat as engineers' reservations may hinder the initiative, and C is an opportunity as growing competition may drive the company to improve its digital signature capabilities.

 A SWOT analysis is a technique used to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a project, organization, or option. It helps to evaluate the internal and external factors that can affect the project’s success or failure. In this question, the project manager has used a SWOT analysis to identify the threats and opportunities for the digital signature initiative. A threat is an external factor that can negatively impact the project’s objectives, while an opportunity is an external factor that can positively impact the project’s objectives. Therefore, two potential threats or opportunities under the SWOT analysis are:

B. The organization’s professional engineers having reservations about possible information tampering. This is a threat because it can reduce the acceptance and adoption of the digital signature initiative by the key stakeholders, who are the professional engineers. They may have concerns about the security, reliability, and validity of the digital signatures, and may prefer to use the traditional wet signatures. This can affect the project’s scope, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.

C. A growing number of competitors with digital signatures. This is an opportunity because it can create a competitive advantage for the organization, as it can offer faster, cheaper, and more efficient services to its clients. The digital signature initiative can also help the organization to comply with the industry standards and regulations, and to enhance its reputation and brand image. This can affect the project’s schedule, cost, and profitability.

The other options are not threats or opportunities under the SWOT analysis, because they are either internal factors or not relevant to the project’s objectives. They are:

A. The management team agreeing to include more resource for the digital signature initiative. This is a strength, not a threat or an opportunity, because it is an internal factor that can help the project to achieve its objectives. It can provide more support, expertise, and funding for the project, and improve the project’s performance and quality.

D. An elimination of manual steps associated with recording wet signatures. This is a benefit, not a threat or an opportunity, because it is an outcome or result of the project, not a factor that can affect the project. It can improve the efficiency, accuracy, and convenience of the project’s deliverables, and reduce the errors, delays, and costs associated with the wet signatures.

E. The growing adoption of mobile communications in the industry. This is a trend, not a threat or an opportunity, because it is a general change or development in the industry, not a specific factor that can affect the project. It can influence the demand, expectations, and preferences of the project’s customers and stakeholders, but it does not directly impact the project’s objectives.

PMI, 2017. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, Inc., pp. 375-3761 PMI, 2019. Practice Standard for Project Risk Management. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, Inc., p. 182

The project manager should escalate this initiative to project decision makers and sponsors, as they have the authority to approve changes in budget and scope. They can evaluate the potential benefits and associated with the new technology and make an informed decision on whether to proceed.

 According to the PMBOK® Guide1, an opportunity is a risk that would have a positive effect on one or more project objectives if it occurs. Opportunities are uncertain events or conditions that can enhance or facilitate the achievement of project goals, such as cost savings, schedule acceleration, quality improvement, or scope expansion. A project manager should take advantage of opportunities by implementing risk responses that seek to maximize their probability and/or positive impact. In this case, the project manager wants to introduce a new technology to improve the project’s performance, which is an opportunity for the project. The project manager should take advantage of this opportunity by planning and executing appropriate risk responses, such as exploiting, enhancing, sharing, or accepting the opportunity. This is part of the Plan Risk Responses and Implement Risk Responses processes in the PMBOK® Guide1. References: 1: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition.

 Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) are conditions or circumstances that are not under the control of the project team, but may influence, constrain, or direct the project. EEFs include internal and external factors, such as organizational culture, market conditions, industry standards, government regulations, and academic research. In this case, the project manager should find the information about the new material from the research journal published by the local university, which is an example of an external EEF. This information may help the project manager to identify and analyze the risks associated with the new material and plan appropriate risk responses. Industrial studies, commercial risk databases, and organizational process assets (OPAs) are not the correct choices, as they are not relevant to the question. Industrial studies are systematic investigations of a specific industry or sector, which may provide general information about the market trends, opportunities, and challenges, but not specific information about the new material. Commercial risk databases are sources of information about historical or potential risks that may affect projects in different domains or regions, which may help the project manager to identify common or emerging risks, but not the risks related to the new material. OPAs are the plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization, which may help the project manager to follow the established guidelines and practices for risk management, but not to obtain new information about the new material. References: PMI. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition. Chapter 2: The Environment in Which Projects Operate, pp. 38-39. 5

Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) include information from external sources, such as academic research, industry studies, and market conditions. this case, the project manager should refer to the research journal published by the local university as an EEF to gather information about the new material and its associated risks.