PK0-005 Project Management Concepts Practice Question
A project manager is using a hybrid methodology. The project has a fixed overall budget and a high-level schedule, but some deliverables are developed iteratively with stakeholder feedback. The team works in two-week sprints for software development, while hardware procurement follows a sequential plan. Which project life cycle is being used?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates may focus on the iterative development and choose 'iterative' or 'adaptive' life cycle, ignoring the predictive elements like fixed budget and sequential hardware procurement, which together indicate a hybrid approach.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Hybrid life cycle
The project combines a predictive approach (fixed budget, high-level schedule, sequential hardware procurement) with an adaptive/iterative approach (two-week sprints with stakeholder feedback for software). This blend of methodologies is the definition of a hybrid life cycle. The question explicitly states the project manager is using a hybrid methodology, so the life cycle is hybrid.
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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Hybrid life cycle
Why this is correct
Iterative two-week sprints for software plus sequential hardware procurement combine predictive and adaptive approaches within one fixed budget. That blend of life cycles is precisely what defines a hybrid life cycle, matching the stem's mixed delivery constraint.
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Predictive life cycle
Why it's wrong here
A predictive life cycle plans scope, schedule and cost upfront and delivers in a single sequential pass, so it cannot accommodate the two-week iterative sprints described. It is tempting because the fixed budget, high-level schedule and sequential hardware procurement look plan-driven, but the iterative software work rules it out.
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Iterative life cycle
Why it's wrong here
A hybrid life cycle combines predictive and iterative elements; the stem's sequential hardware procurement alongside two-week sprints defines hybrid, not purely iterative. Iterative life cycles repeat phases without a fixed sequential track, so they would be correct only if all deliverables, including hardware, were refined through repeated cycles.
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Adaptive life cycle
Why it's wrong here
An adaptive life cycle delivers in short iterations with scope defined and refined per iteration, so it cannot support the fixed overall budget, high-level schedule and sequential hardware procurement described. It is tempting because of the two-week sprints, but the hybrid mix of predictive and iterative elements is the distinguishing factor.
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