CAPM · Question #131
At the beginning of an iteration, the team will work to determine how many of the highest-priority items on the backlog list can be delivered within the next iteration. Which of the following activiti
The correct answer is C. Collect Requirements. In agile iteration planning, the team must first collect requirements by reviewing backlog items before any scope or planning artifacts can be created.
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- ACreate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- BCreate Scope Baseline
- CCollect Requirements
- DDefine Scope
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A4% (1)
- B7% (2)
- C74% (20)
- D15% (4)
Why each option
In agile iteration planning, the team must first collect requirements by reviewing backlog items before any scope or planning artifacts can be created.
Create WBS is a scope planning output that cannot be produced until requirements are collected and scope is defined - it comes later in the process.
Create Scope Baseline is an output of the Define Scope process and requires requirements to already be collected and scope defined.
Collect Requirements is the first activity because the team must understand and clarify the details of the highest-priority backlog items before they can commit to delivering them. Without gathering and confirming requirements, there is no basis for scope definition, WBS creation, or any planning. In agile contexts, this happens during iteration planning as the team refines user stories.
Define Scope depends on collected requirements as an input, so it must follow Collect Requirements, not precede it.
Concept tested: Agile iteration planning sequence and Collect Requirements
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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