One can also employ risk mitigation to handle a risk, which is reducing the likelihood that a risk will occur. Let's say a software project recently hired a new team member. This person is not as experienced as some of the other team members, so there is a risk that the work of the new team member could be delayed due to a learning curve or the work produced may not be correct because of a lack of knowledge regarding technical standards or the business domain. One way to mitigate, or lessen, this risk would be to assign the new employee a mentor. This mentor could devote some time to teaching, answering questions, and reviewing the work of the new team member.