PMP Integration Management 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A project manager is transitioning a completed project to operations. Which process covers this activity?
- Direct and Manage Project Work
- Close Project or Phase (Correct answer)
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Perform Integrated Change Control
Correct answer: Close Project or Phase
The Close Project or Phase process handles formal project closure, including transitioning deliverables to operations.
Question 2: Which of the following is true about the project management plan?
- It is a static document created once and never updated
- It is a living document that can be updated through change control (Correct answer)
- It only covers the project schedule and budget
- It is created solely by the project manager without team input
Correct answer: It is a living document that can be updated through change control
The project management plan is progressively elaborated and updated through approved changes throughout the project lifecycle.
Question 3: A project has multiple vendors delivering components that must be integrated into a final product. Which Integration Management process is MOST relevant to ensure all pieces work together?
- Develop Project Charter
- Close Project or Phase
- Direct and Manage Project Work (Correct answer)
- Monitor and Control Project Work
Correct answer: Direct and Manage Project Work
Direct and Manage Project Work involves coordinating all project activities, including vendor outputs, to achieve project objectives.
Question 4: What is a key difference between approved change requests and corrective actions?
- Corrective actions do not require documentation
- Approved change requests modify project baselines, while corrective actions realign performance without changing the baseline (Correct answer)
- Corrective actions always require CCB approval before implementation
- Approved change requests are limited to scope changes only
Correct answer: Approved change requests modify project baselines, while corrective actions realign performance without changing the baseline
Corrective actions bring project performance back in line with the plan without altering baselines, while approved changes formally adjust the baselines.
Question 5: During a project retrospective, the team identifies that inadequate stakeholder communication caused multiple rework cycles. This finding should PRIMARILY be documented as:
- A risk in the risk register
- A lessons learned entry in the organizational process assets (Correct answer)
- A corrective action in the project management plan
- An issue in the issue log only
Correct answer: A lessons learned entry in the organizational process assets
Lessons learned are captured as organizational process assets to help current and future projects avoid similar communication failures.
Question 6: A project manager is working on a hybrid project that combines predictive and agile elements. How should Integration Management be applied?
- Use only predictive integration methods and ignore agile practices
- Tailor integration processes to fit the hybrid approach, combining structured planning with iterative delivery (Correct answer)
- Apply agile only for execution and predictive methods only for closure
- Separate the project into two completely independent projects
Correct answer: Tailor integration processes to fit the hybrid approach, combining structured planning with iterative delivery
PMP recognizes that Integration Management must be tailored to the project's environment, blending approaches as appropriate for hybrid projects.
Question 7: Who is TYPICALLY responsible for approving the project management plan?
- The project team collectively
- The project manager alone
- The project sponsor and key stakeholders (Correct answer)
- The project management office (PMO) only
Correct answer: The project sponsor and key stakeholders
The project sponsor and key stakeholders typically formally approve the project management plan, which the project manager develops.
PMP Integration Management 5
A project manager is transitioning a completed project to operations.
Which process covers this activity?