CPP CPP Project Closeout & Benefits Realization 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Administrative closure activities include all of the following EXCEPT:
- Archiving project records
- Releasing project team members
- Obtaining formal stakeholder acceptance
- Identifying new project risks (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Identifying new project risks
Identifying new risks is a planning and execution activity, not an administrative closure task.
Question 2: A transition plan during project closeout is designed to:
- Transfer ownership and operational responsibility of deliverables to the end users or operations (Correct answer)
- Assign new projects to freed-up team members
- Document all project risks for future reference
- Approve additional budget for post-project activities
Correct answer: Transfer ownership and operational responsibility of deliverables to the end users or operations
A transition plan ensures a smooth handoff of the project's outputs to those who will operate and maintain them.
Question 3: Which metric is most useful for measuring benefits realization after a software deployment project?
- Number of lines of code written
- Reduction in processing time achieved by the new system (Correct answer)
- Number of project change requests submitted
- Total cost of the development team
Correct answer: Reduction in processing time achieved by the new system
A quantifiable operational improvement, such as reduced processing time, directly measures whether the intended business benefit was achieved.
Question 4: When a project is terminated early, the project manager should:
- Skip closure activities to save time
- Document the reasons for termination and archive all project records (Correct answer)
- Immediately start the next project
- Transfer all open risks to the sponsor without documentation
Correct answer: Document the reasons for termination and archive all project records
Even when a project is cancelled early, formal closure documentation preserves institutional knowledge and satisfies governance requirements.
Question 5: A benefits register is used to:
- Track approved change requests during execution
- Record, quantify, and monitor expected and realized project benefits over time (Correct answer)
- Log quality inspection results
- List all project team members and their roles
Correct answer: Record, quantify, and monitor expected and realized project benefits over time
The benefits register serves as the living document that tracks which benefits were promised, when they are expected, and what has actually been realized.
Question 6: Which of the following best describes 'sustained benefits' in the context of project management?
- Benefits that are realized only during project execution
- Benefits that continue to accrue to the organization long after the project is closed (Correct answer)
- Benefits that are equal to the total project cost
- Benefits that only the sponsor can measure
Correct answer: Benefits that continue to accrue to the organization long after the project is closed
Sustained benefits are those ongoing improvements or value contributions that persist well beyond the project's completion date.
CPP CPP Project Closeout & Benefits Realization 2
Administrative closure activities include all of the following EXCEPT: