IPA IP 2024 Question 52
A question IPA Japan published in 令和6年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問52, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
In a system development project, which of the following is an appropriate activity that is performed in project scope management after a request for the addition of a new function has been approved by the change control board?
Explanation
Change the WBS for the new function and pass it on for the detailed cost estimate — scope management decides what work the project contains.
Once the change control board approves the request, the scope has grown, and project scope management updates the scope baseline: the scope statement and the WBS, which breaks the deliverables and the work down into work packages. The changed WBS is then the input the other knowledge areas plan from: cost management estimates the cost of the new work packages, schedule management builds the schedule from them, and resource management checks the people and skills needed.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — confirming the skills needed for the activities and developing the team's capabilities is project resource management (team development)
- •(c) — creating a schedule from the changed WBS and forecasting the completion date is project schedule management
- •(d) — checking whether there are enough staff members belongs to resource management, and deciding to outsource work to procurement management
Key rule: Scope management owns the WBS and the scope baseline; cost, schedule, resource and procurement management all plan from the WBS it hands them.
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