Which concept accounts for potential delays in IT project delivery due to risk factors?

• A. Resource (IT)
• B. Threat assessment/analysis
• C. Threat event
• D. Schedule risk

Answer: (D)

Schedule risk is the idea that the project timeline can slip because of uncertainties and risk factors that affect when work can be completed. In IT projects, delays happen when things like late vendor deliveries, dependencies on other teams, shortages of skilled personnel, scope changes, or defects require rework or push tasks out of sequence. Focusing on schedule risk highlights how these risks translate into timing impacts and potential missed milestones, rather than just identifying threats or describing a single harmful event. Other terms describe the threats themselves or the existence of threats (threat assessment or threat event) or concern the availability of people or equipment (resources) without directly tying those issues to delivery dates. By treating it as schedule risk, you’re addressing how to quantify and manage the potential delay to delivery, using buffers, critical-path analysis, and contingency plans to keep the project on track.