A stakeholder refuses to sign off on the testing results for a new product, but a functional manager reports the product is ready to be released. Which of the following will identify if the testing…

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Options

• AQuality plan
• BRegression plan
• CStatement of work
• DProject management plan

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  13% (4)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  78% (25)

Explanation

The Project Management Plan (D) is the master governing document for the project. It contains all subsidiary plans - including the Quality Management Plan - which define the acceptance criteria, quality standards, and testing thresholds that deliverables must meet. When there is a dispute about whether results are acceptable, the project management plan is the authoritative reference that was agreed upon by stakeholders at the outset. The Quality Plan (A) is typically a subsidiary of the project management plan, so the parent document takes precedence as the comprehensive authority. A Regression Plan (B) is a specific testing strategy for verifying that changes haven't broken existing functionality - it does not define acceptance criteria. A Statement of Work (C) defines the scope of work contracted, not the internal quality acceptance standards.

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