CPE Project Baseline & Change Management 3

Question 1

On a large EPC project, the owner directs the contractor to accelerate the completion date by three months. What is the FIRST step the contractor's planning engineer should take?

Accepted Answer

Evaluate the cost and resource impact of acceleration and submit a change request

Answer

Before committing to a new date, the planning engineer must assess the cost, resource, and risk impacts of acceleration and formally submit a change request to capture entitlement.

Question 2

Which metric BEST indicates that a project's change management process is performing effectively?

Accepted Answer

Changes are processed and incorporated into the baseline in a timely, controlled manner

Answer

An effective change management process is characterized by timely, controlled processing and incorporation of changes, not necessarily by minimizing the number of changes.

Question 3

What is the relationship between 'management reserve' and the 'performance measurement baseline' (PMB)?

Accepted Answer

Management reserve is held outside the PMB and requires formal authorization to transfer into it

Answer

Management reserve sits outside the PMB and can only be incorporated into the PMB through a formal baseline change when authorized scope is identified.

Question 4

A contractor receives a verbal instruction from the owner's representative to perform additional work. Under standard project controls practice, the contractor should:

Accepted Answer

Issue a Request for Change or Potential Change Notice and await formal authorization before proceeding

Answer

Best practice is to issue a formal notice (RFI, PCN, or similar) documenting the instruction and await written authorization, thereby protecting entitlement while maintaining the relationship.

Question 5

In project schedule management, what is the purpose of a 'schedule baseline'?

Accepted Answer

To serve as the approved, original project schedule against which progress is measured

Answer

The schedule baseline is the approved original schedule that serves as the reference point for measuring schedule variance and assessing delays or acceleration.

(CPE) Certified Planning Engineer Practice Test

(CPE) Certified Planning Engineer Practice Test

CPE Project Baseline & Change Management 3