PK0-005 Project Management Concepts Practice Question
During project execution, the project manager notices that the team is adding extra features that were not requested by the customer. This is an example of which common project constraint issue?
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Gold plating
Gold plating is when the project team adds extra features beyond the requirements without authorization, increasing scope without corresponding value.
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Gold plating
Why this is correct
Gold plating is the team voluntarily adding unrequested features beyond the agreed scope, consuming budget and schedule without customer approval. This matches the stem exactly: extra functionality was delivered that the customer never requested, breaching scope boundaries.
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Quality assurance
Why it's wrong here
Quality assurance concerns process compliance and defect prevention, not unrequested functionality. The stem describes scope creep: features added beyond the agreed baseline without customer approval. Quality assurance would be the right focus when verifying that deliverables meet defined standards, for example auditing whether testing processes were followed during execution.
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Triple constraint
Why it's wrong here
Triple constraint covers scope, time and cost trade-offs, but it names the framework rather than the specific issue: unrequested features added during execution. It tempts because scope creep is a scope element within that triangle, and triple constraint analysis would be the right answer if the question asked which model frames competing demands.
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Scope creep
Why it's wrong here
Scope creep is uncontrolled changes to the scope, but gold plating is adding extra features.
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