GSLC · Question #144
You are the project manager of the GYG Project. A new scope change is being considered for your project. You are concerned, however, that the scope change may add costs, risks, and adversely affect…
The correct answer is C. Integrated change control. Integrated change control is the project management process responsible for evaluating the full impact of any proposed change across all project knowledge areas, including cost, schedule, risk, and scope.
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You are the project manager of the GYG Project. A new scope change is being considered for your project. You are concerned, however, that the scope change may add costs, risks, and adversely affect the project schedule. What project management process is responsible for evaluating the full effect of a proposed scope change on your project?
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- ASchedule change control
- BScope change control
- CIntegrated change control
- DChange Control Board approval process
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(69 responses)- A3% (2)
- B1% (1)
- C88% (61)
- D7% (5)
Why each option
Integrated change control is the project management process responsible for evaluating the full impact of any proposed change across all project knowledge areas, including cost, schedule, risk, and scope.
Schedule change control focuses exclusively on managing changes to the project schedule baseline and does not evaluate the broader effects on cost, scope, or risk.
Scope change control manages changes to the project scope baseline specifically; it does not perform a cross-domain impact analysis covering costs, schedule, and risk together.
The Perform Integrated Change Control process, defined in the PMBOK Guide, coordinates changes across the entire project by assessing how a proposed change affects every aspect - scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, and risk - holistically. It ensures no change is approved in isolation and that all downstream impacts are understood before a decision is made, which directly addresses the project manager's concern about cost, risk, and schedule effects.
The Change Control Board (CCB) is a governing body that approves or rejects changes after evaluation; it is not itself a process that conducts the integrated impact analysis - it acts on the results of integrated change control.
Concept tested: Perform Integrated Change Control process - PMBOK
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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