ITPEC IP October 2024 Question 51
Topic: Project Management
Among the descriptions A through D below concerning project management in system development, which of the following lists all and only the failures in scope management?
A:The labor costs incurred in development were underestimated, so the budget was exceeded.B:The time required for development work was set short, so development could not be completed within the planned period.C:A project was started without first deciding the function to be created, so the development period is exceeded.D:Several activities that should be implemented in a project were omitted from the plan, so the system could not be completed.
Explanation
C, D — both fail to define the work the project must deliver, which is what scope management does.
- •A Underestimated labor costs overrun the budget: a cost management failure.
- •B Too little time set for the work misses the planned period: a schedule management failure.
- •C Starting without deciding which functions to build leaves the product scope undefined: a scope failure.
- •D Omitting required activities from the plan leaves the project scope (the WBS) incomplete: a scope failure.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) A, B — both are cost and schedule failures, and neither scope failure is listed
- •(b) B, C — includes B, a schedule estimate, and omits D
- •(c) B, D — includes B, a schedule estimate, and omits C
Key rule: Classify a failure by its cause, not its symptom: C also overran the period, but the root error was undefined scope, not a bad time estimate.
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