CAPM Practice: Determine how project methodologies influence business analysis processes

Predictive projects require conflict resolution before requirements are baselined and locked. Adaptive projects can sometimes defer resolution — building the feature for one stakeholder group and learning from deployment whether the other stakeholder's concern materializes — using real evidence to resolve theoretical disputes.

**Why not A:** Requirements conflicts are not handled identically across methodologies. The timing, formality, and resolution mechanisms differ significantly between predictive approaches (which require upfront resolution before baselining) and adaptive approaches (which can defer and resolve through iterative delivery).

**Why not B:** In predictive methodologies, the BA plays a key role in resolving requirements conflicts through facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder consensus-building. Conflict resolution is not solely the project manager's responsibility — the BA is central to achieving stakeholder alignment.

**Why not C:** Adaptive methodologies do experience requirements conflicts. Stakeholders still disagree about priorities and features in agile environments. The difference is in how conflicts are handled — sometimes through incremental delivery and feedback rather than requiring complete upfront resolution.