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1. PMP EXAM
SAMPLE Q & A

2. You are assigned to manage a project to build five bridges in a metropolitan city. The project is divided into
five sequential phases, with each phase representing the construction of one bridge. You have just finished
the first phase of your project, and you are about to start your second phase. Which project management
process should begin the second phase of the project?
A. Develop Project Charter
B. Develop Project Management Plan
C. Direct and Manage Project Work
D. Monitor and Control Project Work
HINT: Which process group is performed at the beginning of a new project or a new phase of an existing
project?
Question

3. The correct answer is A.
The Initiating Process Group is made up of two project management processes, Develop Project
Charter and Identify Stakeholders. The Initiating Process Group is performed to define a new
project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or
phase. In the scenario described, you are about to start a new project phase. Therefore, you
should start with the Develop Project Charter process. It does not necessarily mean you would
develop a new project charter for each consecutive project phase, but it means that you will
perform the processes of the Initiating Process Group starting with the Develop Project Charter
process. You will review the project charter to see if the high-level assumptions and constraints
made during project initiation are still valid, and whether or not the market conditions are still
favorable for the project. Performing this process may result in an update of the charter or an
addendum to the project charter. In an extreme scenario, this process may result in project
termination.
Answer

4. While A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) does not
explicitly mention going back to the Initiating Process Group to look at the project charter, it does
provide several examples implying that the project team may choose to go with each new phase
as a separate, stand-alone project. Undertaking a stand-alone project means performing all its
processes, starting with the Develop Project Charter. The same logic applies to the next process
in the Initiating Process Group, the Identify Stakeholders process. It is possible that new
stakeholders became involved in the project, or some of the previous stakeholders left, or the
level of engagement of the existing stakeholders have changed. Even if nothing has changed, the
Develop Project Charter and the Identify Stakeholders processes should be performed.
Otherwise, how would you be able to conclude that nothing has changed? Therefore, starting the
new phase of the project with the Develop Project Charter process is the best answer to the
question asked.

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