PMP · Question #1037
A project presently in the testing stage is nearing the closing phase, which will transition the completed project to the company's operations support team. However, many new members have just been…
The correct answer is D. Request the steering committee to authorize an early project deployment (i.e., a "beta" transition. To mitigate the risk of new operations team members being unfamiliar with a project during transition, the project manager should propose a phased or 'beta' deployment to allow for training and familiarization.
Question
Options
- ARequest the steering committee to reevaluate the feasibility of transitioning and closing the
- BRequest the steering committee to train only the selected operations team members who are
- CRequest the steering committee to exclude the new team members during the transition and train
- DRequest the steering committee to authorize an early project deployment (i.e., a "beta" transition
How the community answered
(58 responses)- A10% (6)
- B5% (3)
- C3% (2)
- D81% (47)
Why each option
To mitigate the risk of new operations team members being unfamiliar with a project during transition, the project manager should propose a phased or 'beta' deployment to allow for training and familiarization.
Reevaluating feasibility at this late stage is drastic and may lead to project delays or cancellation without offering a direct solution to the training problem.
Training only selected members leaves the broader team unprepared and doesn't fully address the overall risk of the new members' unfamiliarity for the entire operations support team.
Excluding new team members during transition would simply defer the problem until they are later introduced, and it also prevents them from gaining early, practical experience.
Authorizing an early, limited deployment or 'beta' transition allows the new operations team members to gradually become familiar with the project's output in a controlled environment. This approach provides valuable hands-on experience, facilitates early identification of operational issues, and enables focused training and knowledge transfer before a full-scale transition, thereby mitigating the risk of rejection due to unfamiliarity.
Concept tested: Project transition management; Risk mitigation strategies
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok/plan-risk-responses-process
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Community Discussion
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Grace U.Jun 11, 2026D is the right call here. A beta transition lets the project team ease the new operations members into the work through a controlled, early deployment, which directly addresses their unfamiliarity without delaying the project or excluding anyone. Options B and C both try to cherry-pick who gets trained, and A would stall the entire closeout over a solvable knowledge gap. The PM's job is to mitigate the risk, not escalate it as unfeasible.
Mei-Ling H.May 31, 2026D is correct. The key word in the stem is "mitigate", meaning we must take action to reduce the risk, not avoid or transfer it. A beta transition allows the new operations team members to get hands-on familiarity with the deliverables before full handover, directly solving the acceptance risk. The other options involving the steering committee either delay closure or exclude people, which does not resolve the core issue of unfamiliarity. Saw this exact scenario on my exam last month. The "beta" keyword jumped out at me because in PMP land, phased or early deployment is the standard mitigation for
Samuel O.Jun 2, 2026Agree on D but worth noting that in practice the beta transition only mitigates the risk if you actually write the feedback loop into the handover plan, otherwise the ops team touches it but never formally signs off and you are back to the same acceptance gap at go-live.
Yusuf A.Jun 20, 2026Leaned toward A first but my senior said beta deployment gets them up to speed before full handoff.
Bao N.Jun 21, 2026Senior is right on this one but make sure you can distinguish beta deployment from a pilot, because the wording in the stem is what decides it and they love swapping those terms.
Samuel O.May 21, 2026Went with D on this one last month, though the beta transition language threw me at first since PMI usually calls it a pilot or phased rollout. A is the trap because escalating to reevaluate feasibility sounds responsible but really just signals panic, when what you actually need is a controlled early deployment to get those new ops folks up to speed before the full handoff.
Bao N.May 10, 2026Confirmed D on multiple practice runs. The beta transition lets the new ops members get hands-on exposure before full handover, which directly addresses the familiarity gap threatening acceptance.
Mei-Ling H.May 13, 2026Agree with D but watch the qualifier if the real stem says full handover, because beta transition is partial by definition and a distractor may offer a complete parallel run that sounds more thorough.