A component project of a program is completed, and will provide the intended incremental benefits. How should the program manager proceed with the component transition?

Question

Options

• AUpdate the program stakeholder engagement plan with stakeholders from the transition
• BDefine the component project's business value in the benefits management plan
• CUpdate the program roadmap to reflect completion of a key end-point objective
• DInitiate a program change request to close out the component project

• A
  81% (51)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  11% (7)
• D
  5% (3)

Explanation

When a component project completes and transitions to operations, the key activity is ensuring that the stakeholders responsible for sustaining the benefits are properly integrated into the ongoing program's stakeholder engagement plan (Choice A). The transition involves handing off to operational stakeholders who will sustain the delivered benefits, and the stakeholder engagement plan must reflect this new stakeholder landscape. Choice B (defining business value in the benefits management plan) should have already been done earlier in the program lifecycle. Choice C (updating the roadmap) is a secondary action and does not address the transition itself. Choice D (initiating a change request to close the component) is a process step but is not the most strategically important action for managing the transition and benefits realization.

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