Available.

Authorised.

Accountable.

Acceptable.

Provide assurance to the project sponsor that the project is going to finish

on time and within budget.

Provide feedback to the project manager with regard to their performance in managing the project.

Provide assurance to the sponsor that the project is being managed using the agreed governance and process.

Provide a report of the current status of the project regarding cost and schedule performance.

During quality planning.

When the live product is available for test.

At the end of the project.

Prior to handover of the output

It allows the detailed execution plans, to be defined, that are likely to be developed in order to deliver the project.

It is the only way in which the scope of the project can be identified and detailed in plans.

It identifies the problems, opportunities or business needs which may require some degree of response.

D It is the only form of detailed planning that can be carried out in the earliest phases of the project life cycle.

Independent reviews and quality audits form part of quality assurance to ensure the project manager delivers on time and to budget.

Quality assurance provides confidence to stakeholders that requirements for quality will be exceeded.

Quality control verifies that the project deliverables conform to specification, are fit for purpose and meet stakeholder expectations.

Quality planning enables the project manager to manage the trade-off between customer expectations and budget.

2 and 3 only

1 and 4 only

1 and 3 only

2 and 4 only

Project sponsor

Product owner.

User.

D Business case owner.

Risk events always have beneficial effects on the project.

Risk events can have either beneficial or detrimental effects on the project.

Risk events always have detrimental effects on the project.

Risk events have neither beneficial nor detrimental effects on the project.

definition and delivery.

time, cost and quality.

cost and scope.

budget, spend and contingency

Linear project life cycles set the deployment baseline for the whole project.

In an iterative project life cycle the scope and quality are fixed in the deployment baseline.

Only deployment baselines in iterative life cycles have an integrated baseline review.

Only deployment baselines in linear life cycles have an integrated baseline review