PGMP · Question #157
Which of the following can be used to help you or other project managers on future projects?
The correct answer is D. Documentation. Documentation - particularly lessons learned - captures knowledge from completed projects that can guide and improve future project work.
Question
Which of the following can be used to help you or other project managers on future projects?
Options
- ASponsor
- BCharter
- CStakeholder
- DDocumentation
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A3% (1)
- C5% (2)
- D92% (36)
Why each option
Documentation - particularly lessons learned - captures knowledge from completed projects that can guide and improve future project work.
A sponsor is a stakeholder role and a person, not an artifact or reference tool that can be consulted on future projects.
A project charter authorizes a specific project and is unique to that engagement; it does not serve as transferable guidance for unrelated future projects.
A stakeholder is a person or group affected by the project, not a document or repository of reusable knowledge.
Project documentation, especially lessons learned registers and historical project records, preserves decisions, outcomes, and best practices from the current project in a form that future project managers can reference and apply. This is the primary vehicle for transferring organizational knowledge across projects over time.
Concept tested: Lessons learned and documentation for organizational learning
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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