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

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A project team is working on a infrastructure project with defined milestones. The project manager wants to ensure phase transitions are formally controlled. What tool supports this in a predictive approach?

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Correct answer: Stage-gate reviews (phase-gate) where management formally approves progression to the next phase

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Stage-gate reviews (also called phase-gate reviews or kill points) are formal decision points in predictive projects where management reviews phase deliverables and formally approves continuation to the next phase. These gates provide governance checkpoints and ensure work meets defined criteria before proceeding.

**Why not A:** Daily standup meetings are an agile ceremony for daily team coordination, not a formal governance mechanism for controlling phase transitions. Phase transitions in predictive projects require formal management review and approval, not daily team-level meetings.

**Why not C:** Sprint reviews are agile ceremonies that occur at the end of each iteration to demonstrate completed work. They are not the formal management approval gates used in predictive projects to authorize progression between sequential project phases.

**Why not D:** Kanban boards visualize workflow and manage work-in-progress limits but do not provide formal phase transition governance. They are continuous flow tools that lack the structured approval checkpoints needed for predictive phase management.

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