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CAPM Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of the various project life cycles and processes

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Bohdan Nasser at Trailhead Partners is training new team members on project management approaches. Match each characteristic on the left with the correct project approach on the right. Items: 1. Requirements are well-defined at the start and unlikely to change 2. Frequent delivery of working increments to gather feedback 3. Detailed planning completed before execution begins 4. Changes are expected and welcomed throughout the project Which option correctly matches each item to its description?
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Correct answer: 1. Requirements are well-defined at the start and unlikely to change → Predictive approach 2. Frequent delivery of working increments to gather feedback → Adaptive approach 3. Detailed planning completed before execution begins → Predictive approach 4. Changes are expected and welcomed throughout the project → Adaptive approach

Explanation

Predictive (plan-driven) approaches work best when requirements are clear and stable from the beginning, allowing for comprehensive upfront planning. Adaptive (change-driven) approaches embrace change and use iterative delivery to gather feedback and adjust throughout the project. Predictive approaches do detailed planning before execution, while adaptive approaches plan incrementally and welcome changes as learning occurs.

**Why not A:** This option incorrectly assigns "well-defined requirements unlikely to change" to adaptive and "changes welcomed throughout" to predictive. These are reversed: stable requirements fit predictive approaches, and welcoming change is a hallmark of adaptive methods.

**Why not B:** This option incorrectly matches "frequent delivery of working increments" to predictive. Frequent iterative delivery with feedback loops is a defining characteristic of adaptive approaches, not predictive ones, which deliver at the end of phases.

**Why not D:** This option reverses every single pairing. It assigns all predictive characteristics to adaptive and all adaptive characteristics to predictive, making it completely incorrect across all four items.

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This question covers Demonstrate an understanding of the various project life cycles and processes under Demonstrate an understanding of the various project life cycles and processes (Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts).

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