IPA IP 2021 Question 39
A question IPA Japan published in 令和3年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問39, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
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The processes of project management include project cost management, project communications management, project resources management, project schedule management, and the like. In a system development project, which of the following is the most appropriate activity in project cost management when members are added for implementing a test?
Explanation
Estimating the personnel expenses of the new members and changing the plan — project cost management deals with the money the project spends.
Cost management estimates the costs, sets the budget and controls spending against it. Adding members for the test raises labour cost, so the cost side of the work is to estimate their personnel expenses and revise the cost plan and budget accordingly.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — updating the mailing list so information reaches the new members is communications management
- •(b) — arranging training on the testing tool develops the team's skills, which is resource management
- •(c) — adding the new members' tasks and changing the schedule is schedule management
Key rule: Name the knowledge area by the object of the action: money is cost, information is communications, people and their skills are resources, activities and dates are schedule.
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