PMI CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) Examination Content OutlineProject Management Fundamentals and Core ConceptsEasy
A project manager is reviewing a document that describes how project work will be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed. This document integrates and consolidates all subsidiary plans and baselines. What is this crucial document?
- AScope Baseline
- BWork Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- CProject Charter
- DProject Management Plan
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Correct answer: D. Project Management Plan
The Project Management Plan is the comprehensive document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed. It integrates all subsidiary management plans and baselines.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The Scope Baseline is a component of the Project Management Plan, not the plan itself.
- B. The WBS decomposes project work but is part of the scope baseline, not the full plan.
- C. The Project Charter authorizes the project but doesn't detail execution.
Project Management Plan
The Project Management Plan is a comprehensive document that defines how the project will be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed. It integrates all subsidiary management plans and baselines.
- Comprehensive and integrated document
- Guides project execution, monitoring, control, and closure
- Includes subsidiary plans (e.g., scope, schedule, cost)
- Contains performance measurement baselines
Memory trick: The 'Master Plan' guides all project 'Parts'.