A project manager meets with a customer for initial discussions about an upcoming project.

Vendor: PMI
Product: CPMAI_v7
Update on: Jul 23, 2025
Questions: 100

PMI CPMAI_v7 Question Answer

A project manager meets with a customer for initial discussions about an upcoming project. At the end of the meeting, the customer asks the project manager for a rough estimate of the project duration. Based on her experience with three similar projects, the project manager provides an estimate of 8–10 months.

What’s wrong with this timeframe?

It’s underestimating the project timeline by 3 months

It fits into a waterfall timeframe, but not an agile project timeframe

It’s not accounting for data preparation timelines

It’s not accounting for potential project delays