1.       A project manager knows that she can delay the start of certain activities within the project schedule to coincide with the mitigation of the known risk. She knows exactly the work and duration needed, should the risk event occur. She is confident that the finish date will not be impacted by the time delay. Which of the following aspects of schedule development has the project manager used in this situation?

a) She has relied on her certainty that for risk planning purposes, assumptions are considered to be true, real or certain