PMP Question #1090: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

A project manager is transitioning from a predictive life cycle project to a new agile project. How should the project manager manage and control the scope for the new project?

Options

• AEstimate the work the team can complete and define story sizes to keep the project under control
• BSpend a short amount of time defining the scope and building prototypes to refine the
• CDevelop a plan to complete more work in less time
• DCreate a scope baseline and put the rest as backlog activities

Explanation

When transitioning to an agile project, the project manager should manage and control scope by estimating the work the team can complete and defining user story sizes.

Common mistakes.

• B. While agile involves iterative refinement, simply spending 'a short amount of time defining the scope' and 'building prototypes' doesn't fully describe the ongoing, granular estimation and sizing process crucial for continuous scope control throughout an agile project.
• C. Developing a plan to complete more work in less time is an unrealistic and often unsustainable goal that contradicts agile principles of sustainable pace and delivering value incrementally.
• D. Creating a scope baseline is characteristic of predictive (waterfall) projects with fixed scope, whereas in agile, the scope is adaptive and managed through an evolving backlog, not a static baseline.

Concept tested. Agile scope management, story points, iterative planning

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/get-started/what-is-scrum?view=azure-devops

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