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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 BEST describes the phase sequence in a traditional predictive project?

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Correct answer: Initiation → Planning → Executing → Monitoring & Controlling → Closing

Explanation

The five process groups in the PMBOK® Guide for predictive projects are: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing. These represent the broad sequence of project management work, with Monitoring & Controlling running throughout Executing to manage performance.

**Why not B:** The Discover-Define-Design-Deliver-Deploy sequence is not the standard predictive project process group framework. This appears to be a design thinking or product development framework, not the PMBOK process groups used in traditional predictive project management.

**Why not C:** Initiation-Sprint Planning-Sprint Execution-Sprint Review-Retrospective describes the Scrum framework used in agile projects. This is fundamentally different from the predictive process groups, which follow a sequential rather than iterative pattern.

**Why not D:** Requirements-Design-Testing-Deployment-Retrospective describes a software development life cycle with an agile retrospective added. While it shares some sequential characteristics with predictive, it is not the standard PMBOK process group framework for predictive project management.

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