A contract management plan is a subsidiary of what other type of plan?

Question

Options

• AResource plan
• BProject management plan
• CCost control plan
• DExpected monetary value plan

• A
  16% (10)
• B
  70% (44)
• C
  5% (3)
• D
  10% (6)

Explanation

A contract management plan is a subsidiary plan nested within the Project Management Plan (option B), which serves as the master document that integrates and coordinates all subsidiary plans - including procurement, risk, schedule, cost, and scope - into a cohesive whole.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Resource plan): The resource management plan is itself another subsidiary of the project management plan, not a parent to the contract management plan.
• C (Cost control plan): Cost control is a process/technique, not a plan document that contains other plans.
• D (Expected monetary value plan): EMV is a risk analysis calculation method (probability × impact), not a plan type at all.

Memory tip: Think of the Project Management Plan as a "binder of binders" - it holds all subsidiary plans (contract, risk, schedule, cost, quality, etc.) as chapters. If a question asks what contains any subsidiary plan, the answer is almost always the Project Management Plan.

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