How does 'mission change' affect RM?

• A. It can introduce new hazards or invalidate existing controls, requiring a RM re-evaluation.
• B. It makes RM unnecessary.
• C. It has no effect on RM.
• D. It only affects comms.

Answer: (A)

When the mission changes, the risk environment changes because new tasks, locations, threats, or conditions can appear and existing controls may no longer fit the situation. Because risk is tied to the specific activities and environment of a mission, a change can introduce new hazards or invalidate current safeguards. That’s why risk management needs a re-evaluation: to identify any new hazards, reassess the likelihood and impact given the new mission, adjust existing controls or add new ones, and ensure training, resources, and procedures match the updated requirements. This keeps residual risk at an acceptable level and supports informed decision-making as operations progress. It isn’t that risk management becomes unnecessary, or that it only concerns communications, or that it has no effect—changes to the mission can broadly affect how risk is managed.