All of the following are likely to increase the level of project risk except:

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

An information systems staff that has significant technical expertise reduces the level of project risk because technical competence lowers uncertainty, error rates, and time-to-solution.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Project risk drivers include scope complexity, technical novelty, team size/communication complexity, unclear requirements, and organizational impact.  
- Communication channels in a team grow as n(n − 1)/2, so coordination complexity increases rapidly with team size.  
- Technical expertise mitigates technical uncertainty and reduces the probability of schedule slippage, defects, and rework.

2. Step-by-step reasoning applied to each option
- Option: "a large project team." Using the communication-channel formula: if n members, channels = n(n − 1)/2. For example, n = 10 yields 45 channels; n = 20 yields 190 channels. As n increases, coordination overhead and miscommunication risk grow—thus increasing project risk.
- Option: "a project in which project members must master new technology." New technology introduces a learning curve, unknown integration issues, immature tooling, and higher chance of failures—this increases risk.
- Option: "an information systems staff that has significant technical expertise." Skilled staff reduce technical uncertainty, diagnose problems faster, produce higher-quality designs, and create more reliable estimates—this decreases, not increases, project risk.
- Option: "a project that impacts many parts of the organization." Broad impact increases stakeholder complexity, interdependencies, resistance to change, and integration risk—raising overall risk.
- Option: "information requirements that are not clear and straightforward." Unclear requirements lead to scope creep, rework, defects, and schedule overruns—clear risk increasers.

3. Intermediate calculations
- Demonstrated communication-channel growth: channels = n(n − 1)/2, showing why large teams elevate coordination risk.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
Because technical expertise mitigates core risk sources (technical uncertainty, errors, estimation inaccuracy), an expert IS staff is more likely to lower, not increase, project risk.

5. Why the other options are incorrect
Each other choice describes a factor (team size, new technology, wide organizational impact, unclear requirements) that increases complexity, uncertainty, or stakeholder risk, and therefore increases project risk.

6. Conclusion
Therefore the correct answer is "an information systems staff that has significant technical expertise," which matches the provided answer.

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