CAPM · Question #64
In a project using agile methodology, who may perform the quality control activities?
The correct answer is C. All team members throughout the project life cycle. In agile methodology, quality control is a shared responsibility performed by all team members continuously throughout the project rather than being delegated to specialists or limited to specific checkpoints.
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- AA group of quality experts at specific times during the project
- BThe project manager only
- CAll team members throughout the project life cycle
- DSelected stakeholders at specific times during the project
How the community answered
(58 responses)- A2% (1)
- B3% (2)
- C93% (54)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
In agile methodology, quality control is a shared responsibility performed by all team members continuously throughout the project rather than being delegated to specialists or limited to specific checkpoints.
Assigning quality control exclusively to a group of experts at set times is characteristic of a predictive or waterfall approach, not agile.
Agile distributes authority and responsibility across the team; concentrating quality control solely in the project manager contradicts core agile values.
Agile principles promote a quality-first culture where every team member is responsible for building quality into the product from the start, not inspecting it in at the end. Quality activities such as testing, peer review, and retrospectives occur continuously throughout each iteration. This collective ownership replaces the handoff model used in predictive approaches.
Limiting quality checks to selected stakeholders at specific times reflects a traditional stage-gate approach, which conflicts with agile's continuous quality integration.
Concept tested: Agile quality control team responsibility
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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