Beth is the project manager for her organization. Her current project has many deliverables that
have been defined at a high level, but the details of the deliverables are still unknown. In her
project, Beth is planning in detail only the activities that are most imminent in the project work. This
approach to project management planning is known as what?

A.
Imminent activity management

B.
Rolling wave planning

C.
Predecessor-only diagramming

D.
Decomposition

Explanation:
Rolling wave planning is a technique to plan and do the most imminent project work before moving
onto the details that are far off in the project schedule and project plan. Rolling wave planning is a
technique for performing progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in
the near future is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure. The work to be
performed within another one or two reporting periods in the near future is planned in detail as
work is being completed during the current period.
Answer option D is incorrect. Decomposition is the process of breaking down work packages into
the activity list.
Answer options A and C are incorrect. These are not valid project management terms.