PMP · Question #1085
During project execution, a client asks to add one more features to the product. After performing a change request analysis, the project manager realizes the necessary equipment will not be…
The correct answer is D. Perform integrated change control. Upon analyzing a change request that reveals equipment unavailability and potential team idleness, the project manager's next step is to perform integrated change control.
Question
Options
- AEstablish a contingency reserve.
- BRent ready-made equipment.
- CEscalate the risk to senior management.
- DPerform integrated change control.
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A4% (2)
- B16% (8)
- C6% (3)
- D74% (37)
Why each option
Upon analyzing a change request that reveals equipment unavailability and potential team idleness, the project manager's next step is to perform integrated change control.
Establishing a contingency reserve is typically a planning activity for known-unknown risks, not the immediate response to a specific, analyzed issue arising from a change request.
Renting ready-made equipment is a potential solution that might be explored as part of the options analysis within integrated change control, but it's not the next step in the change management process itself.
Escalating the risk to senior management might be necessary if the issue cannot be resolved by the project team, but it typically occurs after formal assessment and documentation through integrated change control, not as the initial next step.
Integrated change control is the formal process where the project manager assesses the full impact of a change request (including resource availability and schedule), coordinates across all project areas, and formally decides to approve, reject, or defer the change. This systematic approach ensures all implications are considered before proceeding.
Concept tested: Integrated change control, change request management
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/get-started-project-management/6-project-control
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Yusuf A.Jul 5, 2026D is the answer here. One of the senior PMs at my company always says any change that impacts schedule or resources has to go through integrated change control first, so the CCB can evaluate the equipment issue and the team being idle before anyone decides on next steps.
Orla P.Jul 7, 2026D is right but the CCB evaluates the impact analysis and recommendation, they do not do the evaluation themselves, that is the project managers job.
Samuel O.Jun 26, 2026I first leaned toward C because an unavailable resource felt like something to escalate, but the question says the analysis is already done, which means the change request needs to go through integrated change control for the CCB to approve or reject based on that impact analysis. In the real world, you don't escalate every change with a tricky constraint, you run it through the process.
Orla P.Jun 28, 2026I first leaned toward C since the equipment delay felt like something to escalate, but the key is that a change request analysis was already done, so the next step in the PMP flow is to run that request through Perform Integrated Change Control so the change control board can evaluate the schedule and cost impact. Confirmed D on exam last month.