CAPM · Question #383
The activity tailoring is necessary because:
The correct answer is B. Each project is unique, and the members of the project team should select the appropriate tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs from the PMBOK Guide. Tailoring is necessary because each project is unique, and the team must selectively apply only the tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs from the PMBOK Guide that are relevant to their specific project context.
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- Athe members of the project team need to select the appropriate order of every tool, technique, input, and output listed in the PMBOK Guide, this is required for all projects.
- BEach project is unique, and the members of the project team should select the appropriate tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs from the PMBOK Guide
- Cthe members of the project team need to understand the PMBOK Guide processes, which are applied to all projects
- DEach project is unique, and the project team must plain how to apply all the tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs in the PMBOK Guide
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Tailoring is necessary because each project is unique, and the team must selectively apply only the tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs from the PMBOK Guide that are relevant to their specific project context.
Selecting the 'appropriate order' of every tool and output implies all must be used on every project, which directly contradicts the tailoring principle of selective application.
The PMBOK Guide is a framework of best practices - not a prescriptive methodology requiring every listed process to be applied to every project. Because projects differ in size, complexity, industry, organizational culture, and risk, the project team must evaluate and choose only the processes, tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs that provide genuine value in their specific environment, rather than mechanically applying the entire guide.
Stating that PMBOK processes are 'applied to all projects' is incorrect - tailoring explicitly means not all processes are mandatory, and applicability depends on the project context.
Planning to apply 'all' tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs is the opposite of tailoring - the purpose of tailoring is to select what is appropriate, not to use everything the PMBOK Guide lists.
Concept tested: Purpose and rationale for project tailoring
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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