PK0-004 · Question #72
A project manager needs to track the actual and estimated start and finish dates of all WBS work packages. Which of the following is a necessary step to record the actual durations?
The correct answer is B. Establish and set the baseline. Recording actual durations against a WBS requires a baseline to be set, as the baseline defines the planned start and finish dates used for comparison.
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A project manager needs to track the actual and estimated start and finish dates of all WBS work packages. Which of the following is a necessary step to record the actual durations?
Options
- AEstablish each WBS work package resource.
- BEstablish and set the baseline.
- CEstablish and set the quality gates.
- DEstablish the tollgates.
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(45 responses)- B96% (43)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Recording actual durations against a WBS requires a baseline to be set, as the baseline defines the planned start and finish dates used for comparison.
Establishing work package resources defines who does the work but does not create the time reference needed to compare planned versus actual durations.
Establishing and setting the baseline captures the approved, time-phased plan for each WBS work package, including estimated start and finish dates. Once the baseline is set, the project manager can record actual start and finish dates and compare them against the baseline to measure schedule variance. Without a baseline, there is no reference point against which actuals can be meaningfully tracked.
Quality gates are criteria used to assess deliverable quality, not schedule tracking reference points for WBS work packages.
Tollgates are stage-gate review checkpoints used for go/no-go decisions, not mechanisms for recording or comparing task-level durations.
Concept tested: Setting schedule baseline for WBS duration tracking
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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