PK0-005 Project Management Concepts Practice Question
During project execution, a key stakeholder requests additional features that were not originally approved. The project manager is concerned about scope creep. Which type of project constraint is most directly impacted by scope creep?
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Scope
Scope creep refers to uncontrolled changes or continuous growth in a project's scope. This directly impacts the scope constraint, and typically affects cost and schedule as well. However, scope is the primary constraint impacted.
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Quality
Why it's wrong here
Quality is affected only after added work is accepted without adjusting resources or time; scope creep directly alters the scope baseline, not quality metrics. Quality is tempting because unmanaged additions often erode testing and standards, and quality management would be the correct focus when validating deliverables against defined acceptance criteria.
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Schedule
Why it's wrong here
Scope creep adds unapproved work, which consumes the schedule baseline's float and milestones; the constraint directly impacted is scope itself, with schedule affected only indirectly. Schedule is tempting because added features do take time, and schedule management would be the correct focus when a change request has been approved and dates must be renegotiated.
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Scope
Why this is correct
Scope creep adds unapproved features, directly expanding the agreed deliverables and work content. The scope constraint, defined by the approved scope baseline, is therefore the constraint most immediately impacted, since the change alters what the project must deliver.
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Cost
Why it's wrong here
Cost is affected only indirectly: added features consume budget once effort grows, but the constraint directly breached is scope itself. Cost would be the answer if the question asked which constraint the additional funding demand impacts.
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