PMP Question #1001: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

During the initial stage of a project, the team estimated activities for the next iteration in story points. It was agreed that each story point would be assumed to be equal to one day of effort during project execution. There are some activities estimated as two story points and others estimated as 100 story points. What should the project manager ask the team to do next?

Options

• ANegotiate the estimation so it gets smaller.
• BBreak down the larger activities into smaller ones.
• CResize the story points.
• DExecute the smaller estimated activities.

Explanation

The project manager should address the problem of large, ambiguous activity estimates by breaking them down into smaller, manageable tasks to enable better planning and execution.

Common mistakes.

• A. Negotiating to make estimates smaller without breaking down the underlying work does not address the fundamental issue of poorly defined or excessively complex activities.
• C. Resizing story points globally without first breaking down large activities means the problem of vague, oversized tasks persists, just with a different numerical label.
• D. Executing smaller estimated activities first does not resolve the inherent risk and uncertainty associated with the significantly larger, ill-defined activities that remain in the plan.

Concept tested. Agile estimation, breaking down work items

Reference. https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/agile-practice-guide

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