Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Collect Requirements process?

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• AGroup decision making techniques
• BProject management information system
• CAlternative identification
• DCommunication requirement analysis

• A
  73% (29)
• B
  15% (6)
• C
  8% (3)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

Group decision-making techniques (A) is explicitly listed as a tool and technique of the Collect Requirements process in PMBOK, used to help stakeholders evaluate and agree on requirements - methods like unanimity, majority, plurality, and dictatorship all fall under this umbrella.

B (Project Management Information System) belongs to processes like Direct and Manage Project Work and Monitor and Control Project Work - it's an execution and control tool, not a requirements-gathering one. C (Alternative identification) is a tool of the Define Scope process, used to evaluate different approaches to delivering the project - it comes after requirements are collected. D (Communication requirement analysis) is a distractor that sounds plausible but isn't a recognized technique in Collect Requirements; "communications requirements analysis" belongs to Plan Communications Management.

Memory tip: Think of Collect Requirements as a people-driven process - its tools involve talking to and engaging stakeholders (interviews, workshops, focus groups, group decisions). If a tool sounds administrative (PMIS) or comes after requirements exist (alternative identification, define scope), it's likely from a different process.

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