ITPEC IP April 2022 Question 55
Activities in project management include project time management, project cost management, and project human resource management, and also include project integration management that coordinates those activities. In a system development project, which of the following is an appropriate action in project integration management in a case where it has been decided that the delivery should be advanced?
Explanation
Comparing a staff increase and its cost against the days that can be saved — integration management weighs schedule, cost and resources together.
Advancing the delivery touches several knowledge areas at once: the schedule (time management), the budget (cost management) and the staffing (human resource management). Project integration management coordinates them: it compares the options, such as how many days extra staff would save and what that would cost, and chooses the one best for the project as a whole.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) — changing the sequence of tasks to shorten the critical path is work within time management alone
- •(c) — estimating the cost impact of a shorter schedule is work within cost management alone
- •(d) — revising when staff are assigned is work within human resource management alone
Key rule: Each knowledge area optimises its own plan; integration management trades them off against each other (time, cost, people) and decides for the whole project.
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