When can pre-assignment of project team members occur?

Question

Options

• AWhen the project uses capital expenditures.
• BWhen the required staff can be acquired from outside sources.
• CWhen the project would be ignored due to travel expenses.
• DWhen the project is the result of specific people being promised as part of a competitive

• A
  8% (3)
• B
  17% (6)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  72% (26)

Explanation

Pre-assignment of project team members occurs when specific individuals are promised or committed as part of winning a competitive bid - meaning their participation was a condition of the contract or proposal (Option D). This is a recognized input in the "Acquire Resources" process under the PMBOK framework, where staff are identified before the project formally begins.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - Capital expenditures relate to budgeting and asset acquisition, not to how team members are assigned.
• B - Acquiring staff from outside sources describes procurement or staff augmentation, which is the opposite of pre-assignment (pre-assignment locks people in before the project starts, not sources them externally during it).
• C - Travel expenses have no bearing on whether team members are pre-assigned; this is a fabricated distractor.

Memory tip: Think of "pre-assignment" as a promise made before the project starts - the classic scenario is a proposal where the client says "we want Jane and John on this project" as a condition of awarding the contract. If someone was named in the bid, they're pre-assigned.

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