People and Stakeholders Practice Question
Question
A client-facing situation requires a compliant response for the PMP Project Management Professional involving stakeholder engagement in People and Stakeholders. What should the candidate understand? (Item 61)
Answer choices
- A. The best answer is to select the response that protects project value, uses appropriate tailoring, engages stakeholders, and follows ethical project management practice for the stakeholder engagement scenario.
- B. Document nothing because documentation could create follow-up questions.
- C. Rely on informal custom instead of the applicable rule, control, or standard.
- D. Skip verification because the previous case had the same answer.
Correct Answer
A. The best answer is to select the response that protects project value, uses appropriate tailoring, engages stakeholders, and follows ethical project management practice for the stakeholder engagement scenario.
Explanation
The correct answer is A because stakeholder engagement is tested by asking candidates to select the response that protects project value, uses appropriate tailoring, engages stakeholders, and follows ethical project management practice. The distractors reflect common exam mistakes: ignoring context, using informal shortcuts, skipping verification, or applying a rule from the wrong domain.
Question details
- Difficulty: easy
- Domain: People and Stakeholders
- Objective: stakeholder engagement