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PM Hub now offers you the benefit of daily guidance to help you stay on the road to success with the project management exam or to sharpen and exercise the project management skills you already possess. Each edition of the PM Hub/Crosswind Tip of the Day will give you a question of the day, daily terminology booster, and links to other helpful tools that will prepare you for exam success.
 
Question of the Day
The project management team is focusing on the Project Management Life Cycle and the Project Life Cycle. What is the main difference between these two?

A) They are the same.
B)  The Project Management Life Cycle is the Project Management piece of the project and the Project Life Cycle is the process of completing the work of the project.
C)  The Project Management Life Cycle is done in the project and the Project Life Cycle is done after the project is complete.
D)  The Project Management Life Cycle is the process of completing the work of the project and the Project Life Cycle is the Project Management piece of the project.
 
Terminology of the Day
 Management by Projects
 Performing day to day operations by a Project Management approach
 
Answer and Explanation to Yesterday's Question
As part of professional responsibility, a Project Manager must balance the Stakeholder's interests. A customer has requested a change in a project that is in the fourth pass at formal acceptance. What should the Project Manager tell the customer?
A)  Add the requested changes to the project
B)  Tell the customer no because the project is about to close.
C)  Have Senior Management determine if it is necessary
D)  Ask for a product description and provide the customer time and cost estimates (Correct)
 Explanation: Asking for a product description and providing the customer time and cost estimates will force the customer to define what the change is. Adding the requested changes to the project are forms of Gold Plating unless it is an approved change. Tell the customer no because the project is about to close. As Project Manager, you do not tell the customer "no." It will be the customer's decision to implement the changes. Have Senior Management determine if it is necessary. Senior Management should not approve changes requested by a customer. The changes must be approved by the Change Control Management.
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