People and Stakeholders Practice Question
Question
A practitioner wants to reduce risk before proceeding for the PMP Project Management Professional involving change control in People and Stakeholders. What should the candidate understand? (Item 179)
Answer choices
- A. Apply a rule from a different domain even though the exam objective is different.
- B. Choose the option that sounds familiar even if it does not fit the scenario.
- C. 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 change control scenario.
- D. Use the most complex option even when a simpler compliant action directly solves the problem.
Correct Answer
C. 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 change control scenario.
Explanation
The correct answer is C because change control 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: medium
- Domain: People and Stakeholders
- Objective: change control