ITPEC IP April 2020 Question 57
In a system development project, the installation of PCs for development is delayed. However, a plan was created beforehand to use old PCs as an alternative in the case of a delay, so it is possible to start the development activities according to the plan. In this case, which of the following is implemented as project management?
Explanation
Execution of a risk response plan — the delay was foreseen, a response was planned in advance, and now that the risk has occurred the plan is carried out.
Project risk management identifies what could go wrong, analyses it, and plans a response before it happens. Here the risk was a late delivery of the development PCs, and the planned response was a contingency plan: use old PCs in the meantime. When the delay actually happened, executing that plan let development start on schedule.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — estimating the critical path means finding the longest chain of dependent activities in the schedule; nothing here is a schedule calculation
- •(b) — scope definition decides which deliverables and work the project includes; the PCs' delay does not change the scope
- •(c) — identification of stakeholders lists the people and organizations affected by the project; no one is being identified here
Key rule: Risk management plans responses before a risk occurs (avoid, mitigate, transfer, accept with a contingency plan) and executes them when it does; preparing the plan and carrying it out are separate steps.
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