ProcessManage project changeseasy
On a predictive project, an influential stakeholder asks the project manager to add a significant new feature that was not in the approved scope. What should the project manager do?
- AAdd the feature immediately to keep the stakeholder satisfied.
- BDecline the request because it is outside the approved baseline.
- CAsk the team to absorb the work without changing the schedule or budget.
- DEvaluate the request through integrated change control, assessing its impact on scope, schedule, cost, and risk before a decision is made.
Explanation
Correct answer: DScope changes on predictive projects must go through integrated change control.
- A
- Adding scope without analysis or approval is uncontrolled change and undermines the baseline.
- B
- Refusing outright is also inappropriate; valid changes should be evaluated, not dismissed.
- C
- Absorbing unplanned work distorts the plan and sets an unsustainable precedent.
- D
- Correct. Assessing the impact and routing the request through change control lets the right authority decide with full information.