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PK0-005 Practice Question: During project execution, a team member reports…
During project execution, a team member reports that a key deliverable will be delayed because a required component is out of stock. The project manager updates the issue log and meets with the team to evaluate alternatives. Which project management process is being performed?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse 'Direct and Manage Project Work' (which handles issues and alternatives during execution) with 'Monitor and Control Project Work' (which is about tracking and reporting performance), because both involve addressing problems but at different stages of the project management process.
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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Direct and Manage Project Work
The scenario describes the project manager updating the issue log and meeting with the team to evaluate alternatives for a delayed deliverable. This is the core of the 'Direct and Manage Project Work' process, which involves executing the project management plan, performing activities to produce deliverables, and managing issues as they arise. The PM is actively directing the work by addressing the issue and exploring options, not yet controlling or changing baselines.
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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Close Project or Phase
Why it's wrong here
Close Project or Phase finalises deliverables, archives records and releases resources; nothing in the scenario indicates completion or termination. It is tempting because it also updates organisational process assets, and would be correct once the deliverable were accepted and the phase or project formally ended.
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Direct and Manage Project Work
Why this is correct
Direct and Manage Project Work is the executing process where the PM handles issues, updates the issue log and evaluates alternatives to keep deliverables on track. The stem's actions — logging the stock-out issue and meeting the team — are exactly this process's outputs.
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Perform Integrated Change Control
Why it's wrong here
Integrated Change Control handles change requests and their approval through the change control board; logging an issue and evaluating alternatives is not a change request. It is tempting because both processes touch the issue and risk logs, and would be correct once the team's chosen alternative requires a baselined scope, schedule or cost change.
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Monitor and Control Project Work
Why it's wrong here
Monitor and Control Project Work tracks performance against the plan and records issues, but evaluating alternatives to resolve a delay is problem-solving within Direct and Manage Project Work. It is tempting because the issue log is updated here, and would be correct when comparing actual progress with the baseline rather than responding to the stock shortage.
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