Resolve Incomplete Deployment Plan Request
Short answer
B The project manager adds a testing plan to complete the deployment plan.
Question
Key Takeaways
The question tests deployment plan completeness and ownership, trapping those who assign tasks to the IT manager instead of the solely responsible project manager.
A complete deployment plan requires a testing plan, which is missing in the VanArsdel case study. This page establishes that the project manager must add the testing plan to resolve the incomplete deployment plan issue.
Common mistake: Choosing A (IT manager adds data migration) because it is a valid deployment component, but ignoring the requirement that the project manager solely owns the plan.
Expert Analysis
Why the Answer Is Correct
The case study explicitly states that the project manager is solely responsible for creating and owning the deployment plan. A standard go-live deployment plan includes environment setup, testing, training, data migration, rollout strategy, and support. Since the stated requirements only list environment setup, training, rollout strategy, and support, the testing plan is the missing component that the project manager must add to make the plan complete.Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Options A and C are incorrect because they assign deployment plan tasks to the IT manager, which directly violates the requirement that the project manager solely owns the plan. Option D is incorrect because while risk assessments are part of overall project management, a testing plan is a specific, mandatory component of a deployment/go-live plan that was explicitly omitted from the requirements list.Community Comment Notes
Commenters correctly identified that the project manager's sole ownership eliminates the IT manager options, as ryanzombie pointed out: "the IT Manager can't contribute directly." Lenny001 also highlighted the standard elements of a deployment plan from Microsoft Learn, including "Types of testing" and "Data migration," but correctly concluded that the PM must be the one to add the missing testing plan.Official Reference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/project-test-process/2-plan-go-live
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Exam Strategy
Identify the owner of the artifact in question before selecting an option; if the project manager solely owns the deployment plan, eliminate any options assigning work to the IT manager. Then, compare the listed deployment plan components against standard methodology to find the missing piece.
Community Votes
100% of anonymous learners picked answer B. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.
Discussion 4 contributions
Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.
From public community threads 4
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Lenny001 👍 3 Answered BA deployment plan includes the following elements: Environment setup Types of testing User training Data migration Rollout strategy Support during deployment Testing (B) and data migration (A) are the only candidates. As the activity must be performed by the PM, I would go for B. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/project-test-process/2-plan-go-live
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ryanzombie 👍 2 Answered BUnder Requirements, it is stated: "The Project manager must be solely responsible for creating and owning the deployment plan for projects". This implies that the IT Manager can't contribute directly. This eliminates A and C. I don't think that Risk Assessment belongs in the Deployment Plan, so that leaves B, the Project Manager adds a Testing Plan, which is missing from the last line of the Requirements, "The deployment plan must include the environment setup, training plan, rollout strategy and deployment support".
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OscarAdriani 👍 1 Answered AA complete deployment plan should include a strategy for moving data from the old system to the new one. Therefore, the most direct way to resolve the issue of an incomplete deployment plan is to request that A. the IT manager adds a data migration strategy. Here's why: A data migration strategy outlines how data will be extracted from the existing system, transformed (if necessary), and loaded into the new system. This is a critical part of any deployment, as it ensures that valuable data is not lost and that the new system can function correctly.
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loftuscheek 👍 1 Answered BB. the project manager adds a testing plan
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