Sample question 1 — Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
A sponsor asks a project team to add a reporting module to a release that is already under way. The approved scope statement and the requirements baseline describe only the customer portal, and the team can still finish that portal on time if no other work enters the project. The project manager must respond without quietly enlarging the agreed scope. What is the most appropriate response?
- A. Log the request, assess its impact on scope, schedule, and cost, and route it through change
- B. Absorb the extra work now and report the additional hours in the weekly status update.
- C. Reject the request and explain that the scope baseline may not be revisited after approval.
- D. Ask the developers to build the module after hours so the release date does not move.
Answer: A. Option A is correct because a scope change should be logged, assessed for its impact on scope, schedule, and cost, and then routed through change control so the decision is approved rather than assumed. Option B fails because absorbing the work and reporting the hours afterward consumes capacity without any approved trade-off. Option C refuses a legitimate proposal that the project might accept once its consequences are visible. Option D moves the work off the books and hides the added scope instead of managing it.