Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) — Question 483

A project manager called for a team meeting to estimate the project effort. During the session, the team went on to identify all the deliverables and analyzed the related work. Each of the analyzed deliverables were estimated.
Which estimation method did the team use?

Answer options

• A. Rolling wave planning
• B. Expert judgment
• C. Decomposition
• D. Data analysis

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Decomposition, as the team broke down each deliverable into smaller components to estimate the effort accurately. The other options, such as Rolling wave planning and Expert judgment, do not specifically involve the breakdown of deliverables for estimation, while Data analysis does not directly relate to estimating effort in this context.