Regarding Change
If a question says that the Customer has proposed a new change and that will not effect the project much in terms of scope, time, cost and quality. what would be the First course of action .
1. analyse the requested change
2. Request Customer/Stakeholder to report/file a change Request.
In such kind of questions (when its not given that change request have been filed) can we assume that the customer has requested a change via Change request procedure or is it that the customer is just proposing the change and the change is in the initial phase.
because in 1st option you analyse the change, look for options and then make changes to plans/baselines and then proceed with the implementation and in 2nd option you have to get it approved by CCB and then proceed with other steps.
agera
Sun, 07/28/2013 - 22:03
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Though the question is
Though the question is ambiguous but if I follow the PMIsm, would assume PM had received the CR and then only he/she went ahead with the impact analysis,
BTW, what are the other available options?
BalbirPashaPMP
Sun, 07/28/2013 - 23:02
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the other options are:look
the other options are:
look for options
compress the schedule
michaeljfritz
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 06:10
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1) Proposed means suggested -
1) Proposed means suggested - It doesn't mean submitted
What is the first thing you do for every proposed change:
Evaluate the effect of the change on ALL project constraints (you'll note some constraints are missing in the question. You must look at EVERY constraint for impact - otherwise you are creating risk!.
o Quality
o Risk
o Time
o Cost
o Resources
o Customer Sat
*The fact that the questions says "Will not effect the project much" is a bit confusing as you wonder if the customer decided this or if the PM decided this.... In the end who decided it is irrelivant as proposed change hasn't fully been evaluated against all constraints, and even if it has the fact that it is known to have "some effect" (will not effect the project much = there's some level of effect) means you need to analyze (quantify) the effect not just qualify it. So the proper answer is Analyze the requested change. To me a full analysis hasn't been done...
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