IPA IP 2020 Question 50
A question IPA Japan published in 令和2年度 10月 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問50, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Which of the following is an appropriate measure for clarifying the rules of communication among project members?
Explanation
Clarifying how project information is created and distributed — rules for communication among members are set in project communications management.
Communications management plans who needs which information, in what form, when, and by which means (meetings, reports, e-mail, a shared site), and who creates and distributes it. Writing these methods down, typically in a communications management plan, gives the members a common rule for exchanging information, so nothing is missed and nothing is sent to the wrong people.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — defining the deliverables to be created is scope management (scope statement, WBS)
- •(b) — tracking the costs actually spent and acting on deviations from the plan is cost management
- •(c) — creating a schedule and managing progress against it is schedule management
Key rule: Each knowledge area answers one question: scope = what is made, schedule = when, cost = how much, communications = how information is created, shared and distributed.
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