PMI CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) Examination Content OutlinePredictive, Plan-Based MethodologiesHard
A project manager for a new product development project is reviewing the project management plan to ensure all necessary processes are adequately addressed and integrated. Which of the following components of the project management plan specifies how the project scope will be defined, validated, and controlled?
- ARequirements Management Plan
- BScope Management Plan
- CScope Baseline
- DWBS Baseline
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Correct answer: B. Scope Management Plan
The Scope Management Plan is a component of the project management plan that describes how the project scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated. It sets the framework for all scope-related activities.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The Requirements Management Plan describes how requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed, but not the overall scope management process.
- C. The Scope Baseline is a component of the project management plan that includes the project scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary, representing the approved scope, not the plan for managing it.
- D. The WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) Baseline is part of the scope baseline, representing the hierarchical decomposition of the total scope, not the plan for managing scope.
Scope Management Plan
A component of the project management plan that describes how the project scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated.
- Provides guidance for all scope-related activities.
- Defines processes for scope definition, validation, and control.
- A key output of the Plan Scope Management process.
Memory trick: Plan for Scope, Schedule, Cost, and more, all in one core.