PMI CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) Examination Content OutlinePredictive, Plan-Based MethodologiesMedium
A project manager is overseeing a new product development project. During the execution phase, a key stakeholder requests a significant feature addition that was not part of the approved scope. The project manager needs to evaluate this request and determine its impact on the project objectives. Which process should the project manager follow?
- AValidate Scope
- BMonitor and Control Project Work
- CPerform Integrated Change Control
- DControl Scope
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Perform Integrated Change Control
Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan. This ensures that only approved changes are incorporated into the project.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Validate Scope is concerned with formal acceptance of completed project deliverables, not evaluating change requests.
- B. Monitor and Control Project Work is a broader process that tracks, reviews, and reports overall project progress against the performance objectives defined in the project management plan, not specific change request evaluation.
- D. Control Scope focuses on monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline, but the actual approval and management of the change itself falls under integrated change control.
Integrated Change Control
The process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan.
- Ensures only approved changes are incorporated.
- Involves reviewing, approving, and managing changes.
- Aims to maintain project integrity and alignment with objectives.
Memory trick: Always Control Changes, Integrate Decisions Swiftly.