PMI-ACP · Question #62
PMI-ACP Question #62: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is D: During all the above mentioned times. Technical debt can accumulate at every stage of a product's lifecycle. During initial development (A), shortcuts taken to meet deadlines (e.g., skipping tests, hardcoding values) create debt. During ongoing maintenance (B), deferred refactoring and patching without addressing roo
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Technical debt is the gap between a product's actual cost of change (CoC) and its optimal CoC. Managing technical debt helps ensure reliable delivery today and ready adaptation to tomorrow's customer needs. When can Technical Debt occur?
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- ADuring Initial Development
- BOngoing Maintenance
- CDuring enhancement
- DDuring all the above mentioned times
Explanation
Technical debt can accumulate at every stage of a product's lifecycle. During initial development (A), shortcuts taken to meet deadlines (e.g., skipping tests, hardcoding values) create debt. During ongoing maintenance (B), deferred refactoring and patching without addressing root causes add more. During enhancements (C), adding features on top of an already weak foundation increases the cost of future changes. Because no phase is immune, 'all of the above' (D) is correct. Left unmanaged, technical debt compounds over time and degrades a team's ability to deliver reliably.
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