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Janet is the project manager of the NHQ Project for her company. Janet is nearly done leading the project and there have been no cost or schedule overruns in the development of the new software for her company. The project team has been completing their work on time and there is still $75,000 left in the project budget. Janet decides to have the project team implement some extra features to the project scope to use all of the $75,000 in the budget even though the customer didn't specifically ask for the added features. This scenario is an example of which one of the following?
Suggested Answer: B
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13 comments · newest first
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Julene
11 months ago
This is classic gold plating for sure!
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Alex
11 months ago
I’m surprised she’s doing this without customer input.
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Rupert
12 months ago
Wait, isn't this just scope creep?
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Lawanda
12 months ago
Totally agree, she's adding features that weren't requested.
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Kaitlyn
12 months ago
That's definitely gold plating!
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Onita
1 year ago
I thought change management was about handling changes that the customer requests, so this doesn't seem to fit that. Maybe it's value added change?
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Maia
1 year ago
I practiced a question like this where the project manager added features just to use the budget. I think it was definitely gold plating.
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Noel
1 year ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like this could also relate to scope creep since she's changing the project scope without customer approval.
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Chana
1 year ago
I remember discussing something similar in class about adding features that weren't requested. I think that might be gold plating?
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Karl
1 year ago
This is a good one. The key is recognizing that the definition is describing the process of quality assurance, where you regularly evaluate performance to confirm the project is meeting quality requirements. I'm confident C is the right answer.
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Cecilia
1 year ago
Alright, let's do this. Sort the "Zero Scores" column in descending order, sort the "IDs" column in ascending order, and then filter out the students with no zero scores. I think I've got this!
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Leonora
1 year ago
Okay, let me see here. The Implementation and Migration Plan - that's got to be in one of the later phases, right? I'm leaning towards Phase G or H.
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Kayleigh
1 year ago
Okay, this looks straightforward. I just need to convert the units and calculate the height.