The scope management plan is a subsidiary of which project document?

Question

Options

• ASchedule management plan
• BProject management plan
• CQuality management plan
• DResource management plan

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  78% (18)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  13% (3)

Explanation

Option B is correct because the scope management plan is one of several subsidiary plans that together make up the project management plan - the master document that guides how a project will be executed, monitored, and controlled. The project management plan acts as the umbrella document containing all subsidiary management plans, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management plans.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Schedule management plan) - this is itself another subsidiary plan within the project management plan, not a parent document.
• C (Quality management plan) - same issue; it's a sibling subsidiary plan, not a container.
• D (Resource management plan) - again, a peer subsidiary plan, not a parent.

Memory tip: Think of the project management plan as a binder and all the other "-management plans" (scope, schedule, cost, quality, etc.) as tabs inside that binder - none of those tabs can contain the other tabs.

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