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CAPM Practice: Explain when it is appropriate to use a predictive, plan-based approach

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Which of the following is a key INPUT to deciding that a predictive approach is appropriate?

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Correct answer: The organization's culture and governance policies

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Organizational culture and governance are key inputs to methodology selection. Organizations with formal governance structures, regulatory requirements, fixed contracts, or risk-averse cultures naturally align with predictive approaches. Agile-specific metrics like sprint velocity and product backlog are outputs of adaptive projects, not inputs to methodology selection.

**Why not A:** Product backlog size and complexity are agile artifacts and concepts. A product backlog is specific to adaptive approaches and would not be an input to deciding that a predictive approach is appropriate.

**Why not C:** Team velocity measured in story points is an agile metric used to track sprint-level productivity in adaptive projects. It is an output of adaptive project execution, not an input to methodology selection for predictive projects.

**Why not D:** Sprint retrospective results are generated during adaptive project execution. They cannot be an input to methodology selection because they only exist after an adaptive approach has already been chosen and implemented.

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