PMP · Question #299
During the implementation of a project, the project team discovered a new opportunity. After an internal review, the project team agreed that the opportunity is outside of the project scope. The proje
The correct answer is A. No more action is required.. Since the discovered opportunity is outside the project's scope, the project manager has appropriately updated the risk register and escalated it. Therefore, no further action is required from this specific project.
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During the implementation of a project, the project team discovered a new opportunity. After an internal review, the project team agreed that the opportunity is outside of the project scope. The project manager decided to update the risk register and escalate the opportunity to a higher level. What should the project manager do next with this opportunity?
Options
- ANo more action is required.
- BShare this opportunity with another project.
- CFurther monitor the opportunity.
- DEstablish a contingency reserve to support the opportunity.
How the community answered
(61 responses)- A79% (48)
- B11% (7)
- C7% (4)
- D3% (2)
Why each option
Since the discovered opportunity is outside the project's scope, the project manager has appropriately updated the risk register and escalated it. Therefore, no further action is required from this specific project.
Once an opportunity is identified as outside the current project scope, documented in the risk register (or opportunity register), and escalated to higher management for their consideration, no further action is required from the project manager's perspective on this project.
Sharing with another project might happen if the higher level decides to pass it on, but it's not the project manager's direct next step after escalation.
Further monitoring within the current project implies it might still be considered, which contradicts the determination that it's outside scope and has been escalated.
Establishing a contingency reserve for an out-of-scope opportunity would misallocate project funds and resources for something explicitly not part of the current project.
Concept tested: Opportunity management and scope boundaries
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok/project-risk-management
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