PMP Question #1309: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

A project manager is assigned to a large construction project with more than 100 project team members. The project manager is having a hard time keeping the project on track and deriving the planned benefits. The project manager wants to make sure that each requirement is linked to the business and project objective. What should the project manager do?

Options

• AUnderstand the project management plan.
• BReview the requirements on a weekly basis.
• CImplement a requirements traceability matrix.
• DAdd the requirements to the project charter.

Explanation

To ensure all requirements link to business and project objectives and to derive planned benefits, the project manager should implement a requirements traceability matrix (RTM).

Common mistakes.

• A. Understanding the project management plan is fundamental, but the plan itself does not provide the detailed, specific linkage between individual requirements and objectives that an RTM does.
• B. Reviewing requirements weekly is a good monitoring practice, but it does not establish the initial, structured linkage between requirements and objectives that the project manager is seeking.
• D. Adding detailed requirements to the project charter is incorrect; the charter is a high-level document, and detailed requirements are managed in separate documentation and through tools like an RTM.

Concept tested. Requirements traceability for scope management

Reference. https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundations/pmi-lexicon#requirements-traceability-matrix

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