Project Management Professional PMP · Free Practice Question Easy

Question 105

Emily is the project manager of the GHY Project. She has hired several sellers to do a portion of the project work to test their competencies and to rate their work in the project. Based on their performance, she’ll choose one vendor to complete a larger portion of the project work. What is the primary advantage of this trial engagement approach?
  • A Multiple vendors will audition for the larger role on the project team.
  • B Emily will save money on the project costs as the vendors will complete the smaller portions of the project work at no cost to the organization.
  • C The organization can test the vendor before buying more from the vendor.
  • D Progress will be made on the project while testing the vendors’ performance.
Reveal correct answer

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is B. The organization can test the vendor before buying more from the vendor.

Emily is using a trial engagement (sometimes called a pilot or trial contract) approach:

  • The key benefit is that the organization gets to evaluate vendor performance, quality, and reliability before committing to a larger, riskier, and more expensive contract.

  • This reduces procurement risk and helps ensure the selected vendor is the right fit for the bigger scope of work.

Why not the others?

  • A. Save money... → Not guaranteed. Vendors aren’t expected to work for free.

  • C. Progress will be made... → True, but it’s a secondary benefit, not the primary advantage.

  • D. Multiple vendors will audition... → Sounds like what’s happening, but the real benefit is risk reduction via testing before committing.

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