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PK0-005 Practice Question: A project manager receives a change request to…
A project manager receives a change request to add a new feature to the project's software. After evaluating the impact on the triple constraint, they submit it to the change control board (CCB). The CCB approves the change. What is the project manager's next step?
⚠ Common exam trap
PK0-005 often tests the misconception that implementation is the immediate next step after CCB approval — the correct order is to update the plan and baselines first, then implement.
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Update the project plan and baselines
After the CCB approves a change, the project manager must update the project management plan and baselines to reflect the approved change before implementation. This ensures all subsequent work, tracking, and reporting align with the new approved scope, schedule, and cost. Implementation follows the update, not precedes it, and the change request is not closed until the change is implemented and verified.
Answer analysis
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Update the project plan and baselines
Why this is correct
Once the CCB approves, the change becomes authorised work, so the project management plan, scope statement and cost, schedule and scope baselines must be revised to reflect it. Only then can execution and tracking continue against the new approved baseline.
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Close the change request
Why it's wrong here
Closing the request ends the record before the approved change is executed, so the feature never reaches the schedule or baseline. It is tempting because closure is the final step once work is complete and verified; here that work has not begun, so the request must first be implemented and only closed afterwards.
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Update the issue log
Why it's wrong here
The issue log tracks problems and blockers, not approved scope changes; the next step is updating the change log and baselined project documents. It is tempting because both are project registers, but the issue log would be correct when recording a defect or impediment rather than an authorised change.
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Implement the change immediately
Why it's wrong here
Implementing immediately bypasses the update to the project management plan, schedule and baseline that an approved change requires before execution. It is tempting because CCB approval authorises the work; however, authorisation precedes formal integration, so the manager must first revise the affected documents and communicate the change.
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