Study PMI CSPP PRiSM Life Cycle: key concepts, common traps, and exam decision cues.
PRiSM Life Cycle is where sustainable project intent becomes structured delivery work. It carries a published weighting of 17.8%.
The exam uses this domain to test whether you can place sustainability controls in the right phase instead of bolting them onto the project at the end. Staffing, deliverables, plans, risks, opportunities, finance, time, schedule, and supporting processes should all reinforce the same sustainability logic.
When a scenario names a PRiSM activity, ask what phase you are in, which deliverable or plan should own the decision, and whether the team has enough evidence to move forward. Premature execution, weak handover, and unowned sustainability commitments are common distractor patterns.