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PK0-005 Practice Question: A project is in the execution phase, and the…
A project is in the execution phase, and the project manager receives a change request to add a new feature that is not in the scope statement. The change request has been approved by the change control board. What must the project manager do next?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse the sequence of the change control process, thinking a stakeholder meeting to discuss impact is still needed after CCB approval, when in fact the approval itself confirms the impact has been accepted and the next step is to update the plan and baselines.
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Correct answer & explanation
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Update the project management plan and baseline to reflect the approved change.
Once the change control board (CCB) approves a change request, the project manager must formally integrate the approved change into the project by updating the project management plan and the associated baselines (scope, schedule, cost). This ensures that all future project work, performance measurement, and reporting are aligned with the new approved scope, maintaining the integrity of the project's control processes as defined in the PMBOK Guide.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Conduct a meeting with stakeholders to discuss the impact of the change.
Why it's wrong here
Once the change control board has approved the request, impact discussion is already complete; holding a stakeholder meeting re-opens a settled decision and delays implementation. Consultation suits the pre-approval assessment stage, where impact analysis informs the board's verdict, not the post-approval execution step.
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Update the project management plan and baseline to reflect the approved change.
Why this is correct
Approved changes must be integrated through Perform Integrated Change Control, which updates the project management plan and its baselines before execution continues. Since the change control board approved the new feature, revising the scope, schedule and cost baselines keeps them aligned with authorised work, satisfying the stem's requirement to act on the approval.
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Defer the change to the next project phase to minimize disruption.
Why it's wrong here
Deferring an approved change to a later phase withholds authorisation the board has already granted and leaves scope, schedule and cost baselines unupdated. Deferral suits changes awaiting approval or dependent on future deliverables; here the decision is final, so the change must be integrated now.
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Inform the development team to continue with the original scope and ignore the change.
Why it's wrong here
Directing the team to ignore an approved change contradicts the change control board's authority and leaves the baselined scope unrevised. It tempts when protecting schedule or budget feels safer, but that reasoning belongs before approval; afterwards the approved change must be incorporated into project documents and work.
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