The project has been successfully completed when????

Submitted by ranatungawk on Thu, 12/05/2013 - 09:26
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The project has been successfully completed when:

A. All of the work has been completed to specification within time
and budget.
B. The customer is happy.
C. The sponsor signs off on the project.
D. Earned value equals planned value.

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Thu, 12/05/2013 - 10:35

A - This is not correct since project can be behind schedule / cost and it can still be termed completed

B - Customer may not always be happy, but project may still be complete. Happy is a very subjective term. Cannot be used in legal or contract documents. We can have acceptance criteria saying when client is happy.

C - If sponsor signs off on the project, then it can be considered complete

D - You wish , but this can seldom be the case for any project, yet it can be termed as complete.

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ranatungawk

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 12:39

I also selected C, but as per the answers given it's A

Pls go through the following explanation :

Most importantly, the project should satisfy the scope,
schedule, and budget. These are the principal factors of success.
'B' is important in many organizations, but you cannot control
happiness as a project manager. The best you can do is to satisfy
the scope of work. 'C' may be good to have, but it does not
make the project successful. 'D' is also good in that you did what
you planned to do when you planned to do it, but it is only an
ingredient of project success.

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Thu, 12/05/2013 - 14:41

PMI?

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admin

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 15:31

Then they should have not mentioned the word Completed in the question, that is misleading.

Please avoid this source... PMP exam doesnt have such ambiguity.

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ranatungawk

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 16:50

Thanks! advices are highly appreciated!!!

i'm sitting for the exam day after tomorrow and have some doubts like this. so i have posted some doubt-points in last 2days. so can you please give your valuable comments on them ???