ITPEC FE Subject A April 2026 Question 41
In project management, which of the following is the subject group with Purpose 1 and Purpose 2?
Explanation
Scope — both purposes concern what the project includes and how changes to it are controlled.
Purpose 1 is scope definition: fixing the objectives, deliverables, requirements and boundaries, usually recorded in a scope statement and broken down into a WBS.
Purpose 2 is scope change control: when objectives or deliverables change, the change is assessed and controlled so that its benefit is maximised and its damage (scope creep, cost and schedule overruns) is minimised.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(c) Risk — the tempting one, since "maximize positive, minimize negative impact" is risk wording; but risk deals with uncertain future events, while here the impact comes from changes to the objectives and deliverables
- •(a) Communication — planning and distributing project information to stakeholders; it does not define boundaries
- •(b) Procurement — acquiring goods and services from outside suppliers and managing the contracts
Key rule: Ask where the impact comes from: uncertain events belong to risk, changes to the agreed deliverables and boundaries belong to scope.
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