PK0-005 Project Life Cycle Practice Question
A project manager is using a predictive life cycle for a regulatory compliance project with a fixed submission deadline. Midway through execution, a new regulation is announced that will take effect before the submission date. Which action best reflects adaptive life cycle thinking while preserving the deadline?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is believing that a predictive project must either reject all change or convert entirely to agile, when a hybrid approach can preserve the deadline while accommodating new requirements.
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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Evaluate the regulation's impact, then use a hybrid approach with iterative compliance reviews and a controlled change to the baseline.
When a fixed deadline meets evolving requirements, a hybrid life cycle lets the team keep predictive schedule control while adding iterative compliance reviews to absorb the change. Impact evaluation followed by controlled baseline updates preserves governance and documentation. Freezing scope, restarting as pure agile, or renegotiating the regulatory deadline all ignore either the mandatory change or the fixed constraint.
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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Extend the submission deadline and renegotiate the regulatory requirement with the governing body.
Why it's wrong here
Regulatory deadlines are typically externally imposed constraints that the project cannot unilaterally move or negotiate away. Attempting to extend the deadline or renegotiate the rule misunderstands the project's authority and could expose the organization to penalties. The project manager should adapt the approach to meet the requirement within the fixed date, not assume the constraint itself is negotiable.
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Freeze the scope baseline and proceed with the original plan to avoid schedule disruption.
Why it's wrong here
Freezing scope ignores a mandatory regulatory change that directly affects deliverable compliance. In a predictive life cycle, scope changes are controlled, but refusing to incorporate a legally required change would produce a noncompliant deliverable. This approach fails the project's quality and compliance objectives and does not reflect adaptive thinking, which embraces change to deliver value under new conditions.
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Terminate the predictive approach and restart the project using pure agile iterations.
Why it's wrong here
Abandoning the predictive approach midstream would discard baselines, contracts, and regulatory documentation already built for a fixed-deadline compliance effort. A hybrid response is more appropriate than a wholesale switch, because the submission deadline and regulatory evidence requirements remain. Restarting with pure agile iterations also risks missing mandatory documentation artifacts and wastes completed work, so it is disproportionate to the change.
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Evaluate the regulation's impact, then use a hybrid approach with iterative compliance reviews and a controlled change to the baseline.
Why this is correct
A hybrid approach keeps the predictive schedule and deadline while adding iterative reviews to absorb the new regulation. Evaluating impact first ensures the change is understood before altering the baseline, and controlled change keeps governance intact. CompTIA Project+ recognizes hybrid life cycles as appropriate when a fixed deadline coexists with evolving requirements, allowing adaptation without sacrificing regulatory documentation or the submission date.
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