A project manager is assigned to a project. The project schedule and costs are tight, and the project manager determined that there is a lack of resources to deliver this project.What should the project manager do?

Formalize a scope change request with the stakeholders to adjust the project scope with the available resources.

Identify the resource requirements and communicate them to the stakeholders seeking resources.

Update the risk register noting that, due to the lack of available resources, the project is likely to be delayed.

Define the work breakdown structure (WBS), identify the resource gaps, and reduce project management activities.

Formalize a scope change request with the stakeholders to adjust the project scope with the available resources.

A team member is frustrated, thinking that their performance is below average since they have not completed as many items as other team members. The team member has become negative and disengaged, bringing team collaboration and productivity down What should the project manager do to increase the team's performance?

Reiterate to the team that everyone is an important part of the team and performance is a team measurement, not an individual measurement.

Meet with the team members and highlight individual contributions to encourage competition among the team.

Reiterate to the team that everyone is an important part of the team and performance is a team measurement, not an individual measurement.

Create a visual board to include the individual team members' performance levels so the team members can see all the contributions.

Speak to the team lead to identify ways to keep the team performing independently and individually address the team member's concerns.

A labor union contract negotiation is delaying the completion of a project to build a new manufacturing plant. Because the labor contract was due for renewal this year, the project manager documented the negotiation process as a risk to the project. The project was about to start the first phase of equipment installation at the plant when the negotiation began.How should the project manager address the situation?

Log the issue and follow the planned actions in the risk response plan.

Acquire contract resources and submit a change request for the cost impact.

Escalate the issue to the steering committee to ask for mitigation support.

Log the issue and follow the planned actions in the risk response plan.

Meet with the project team to determine options for risk mitigation.

The project manager of a large construction project discovers that the blueprints received from the client appear incomplete. What should the project manager do first?

Consult with the client to determine if project execution should be continued.

Continue project execution using the current blueprints from the client.

Escalate this issue to the project sponsor.

Consult with the client to determine if project execution should be continued.

Reschedule the project execution date.

A project manager realizes that the team members are new to the hybrid approach and do not value standup meetings. Team members often arrive late, digress into solutioning, or skip the meetings altogether.How should the project manager improve this situation with the project team?

Engage the project team in implementing and improving key aspects of the standup meetings.

Ask the product owner to remove team members who do not comply with standup meeting rules.

Include a daily brainstorming session in the standup meetings to resolve pending issues.

Engage the project team in implementing and improving key aspects of the standup meetings.

Send a daily retrospective report to all team members instead of holding standup meetings.

An agile team has started a new project. When should the project manager organize their first team retrospective?

When the team reaches a major milestone.

When more than a few weeks have passed.

When the team reaches a major milestone.

When the team completes a release of a monumental increment.

When the work is progressing well through the team.

During the project quality control process, the project manager realizes that the quality management plan does not include how the final user will perceive the benefits of the new product compared with the actual product. What should the project manager do first?

Ask the quality manager to include the final user tests in the quality management plan.

Ask the product manager to include the final user tests in the quality management plan.

Ask the quality manager to include the final user tests in the quality management plan.

Let the product go to market and wait for customer feedback regarding quality.

Submit a change request to analyze a new set of quality tests.

To prevent influential stakeholders from dominating product delivery decisions, the product owner decided to use planning poker. What is a key advantage of using this technique?

Ensures active project team participation

Assists the team in planning the activities within the iteration

Allows for more accurate estimates

Incorporates a technique similar to brainstorming

Ensures active project team participation

A project is in the later stages of execution. The project engineer insists in every meeting that they were never consulted or informed of the project deliverables. However, the project manager communicated adequately and has the project engineer's approvals on record.What should the project manager do?

Engage the project engineer in a discussion to understand the concern and agree on a way forward.

Write a formal letter to human resources (HR) detailing the project engineer's unprofessional behavior.

Approach the project engineer's supervisor about possibly replacing the project engineer.

Introduce the item in the next meeting, reminding all stakeholders of the project objectives.

Engage the project engineer in a discussion to understand the concern and agree on a way forward.

As a project is ending, a business stakeholder requests information from the project manager regarding overall project performance to determine the success of the initiative. What should the project manager do to provide relevant information to the stakeholder?

Document the key performance indicators (KPIs) in the final project report.

Update the project status report to include current performance information.

Document the key performance indicators (KPIs) in the final project report.

Document the project performance and influencing factors in the lessons learned register.

Inform the stakeholder that performance will be evaluated three months after project closure.

A new government regulation has mandated that all team members will need to work remotely for the duration of the next iteration. This means backlog priority changes will need to be completed What should the project manager do?

Inform the product owner of the required change as soon as possible.

Communicate the new regulation to the project sponsor during the next retrospective.

Inform the product owner of the required change as soon as possible.

Reprioritize the backlog and share it with the team as soon as possible.

Ask the team facilitator to reprioritize the backlog based on the new regulation.

A project manager working on a large-scale network implementation is frustrated with the hardware supplier. Their deliveries have been consistently late and frequently do not have vital components. The project manager's company has decided to cancel the contract and move to a new supplier, but the only other option is an overseas company.What should the project manager do first to proceed with this change?

Request assistance from the procurement department on the next steps.

Engage the services of an interpreter who understands the project domain.

Check social media to determine if there are any common connections that use the new supplier.

Become aware of any cultural characteristics of the new supplier that could impact negotiation.0

A project manager is attending a progress meeting with a client. The client requests a design change which might potentially add value to the project.What action should the project manager take?

Accommodate the change request to serve the client's needs.

Consult with team members and allow them to make a decision.

Accommodate the change request to serve the client's needs.

Convince the client not to make changes to the project.

Make transactional decisions focusing on the project goals.8

In a project progress review meeting, the end user raises concern about the quality of the construction of the project. What should the project manager do next?

Refer to the requirements document.

Request a special technical meeting.

Refer to the requirements document.

Review the risk management plan.

Review all implementation checklists.

A project manager is replacing the knowledge-sharing platform of a project with a new web-based solution, ensuring that the system is aligned with a significant change in the organization's structure. The project charter was approved and the team is working on the detailed planning.The project management office (PMO) has provided detailed templates for all new projects to follow.Which strategy should the project manager adopt for the project?

Develop a communications management plan aligned with the new organizational structure in collaboration with the project sponsor.

Align the project schedule with the PMO's change control process in collaboration with the PMO manager.

Develop a training and communications schedule with sufficient lead time in collaboration with the change agents.

Develop a communications management plan aligned with the new organizational structure in collaboration with the project sponsor.

Align the project schedule with the IT change control processes and tools in collaboration with the release manager.

A project manager was just assigned to a project as the leader of an experienced agile team.How should the project manager influence the team to accomplish the project objectives?

Express trust in the team's ability to fulfill the necessary deliverables.

Increase the amount of subject matter experts (SMEs) to get better results.

Use a plan-driven approach in order to demonstrate control over the project.

Express trust in the team's ability to fulfill the necessary deliverables.

A team member has encountered a technical issue, similar to the one faced in a successfully closed project. However, the team member did not know about the previous project and would like to resolve the issue on their own.What should the project manager do?

Share the lessons learned from the previous project with the team member.

Reach out to the project manager of the previous project for assistance.

Allow the team member to work through the issue as a training opportunity.

Improve the risk management strategy and risk monitoring.

Share the lessons learned from the previous project with the team member.

A project manager has recently been assigned to an agile project and discovers that a contractor for the project does not have any experience with agile. What should the project manager do?

Consult the project team to understand the extent of the training needs for the contractor.

Ask the project sponsor to replace the contractor since they do not have agile experience

Issue a formal notice to the contractor to obtain an agile certification.

Instruct the contractor to receive agile training since the project has already started.

Consult the project team to understand the extent of the training needs for the contractor.

During the development of a new project's definition, the project manager identifies that a similar project has recently been completed. What should the project manager do first?

Review the lessons learned from the previous project.

Arrange a knowledge-sharing session.

Use the project management plan from the previous project.

Review the lessons learned from the previous project.

Review the issue log from the previous project.

A project manager writes to the receiving organization to inform them that all acceptance activities are completed with success and it's time to initiate handover. The receiving manager replies that the team will not be ready for the handover procedure for another two weeks.What should the project manager do?

Inform the project sponsor of the two-week delay and replan activities to minimize delays.

Issue an internal change request to secure the resources for an additional two weeks.

Request that the receiving manager issue a change request to prolong the project by two weeks.

Inform the project sponsor of the two-week delay and replan activities to minimize delays.

Deliver to the receiving manager on time, who can then make a knowledge transfer to their team.

A project manager is working on a hybrid project that has been in progress for the last nine months. Some project stakeholders are becoming frustrated because they do not see the value added by the project.What should the project manager do to demonstrate the project value?

Invite the stakeholders to the next sprint review meeting and review the completed work.

Produce an extensive report highlighting the project's accomplishments.

Ensure that stakeholders are aware of the current process challenges on the project retrospective.

Add resources to the project so all of the iterations will be completed earlier.

A project sponsor receives project information and updates in a timely manner, but the sponsor is concerned because key information is missing in the reports. What should the project manager do?

Review the communication needs of key stakeholders.

Confirm that the project information is understood and feedback is received.

Determine communication methods, frequency, and level of detail.

Review the communication needs of key stakeholders.

Provide all project information to the stakeholder.

A project manager is assigned to a parachute development project. Two of the key project resources have a disagreement regarding a requirement.What should the project manager do?

Refer to the ground rules that were set at the beginning of the project to help resolve the conflict.

Reassign both of the resources to a different project to avoid conflict.

Consider recommendations from a resource who has more experience with this situation.

Define an action plan based on the project manager's experience.

During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the deliverables are not meeting the quality specifications requested by the main stakeholder. This has caused the schedule performance index (SPI) to deteriorate from 0.98 to 0.72 and the cost performance index (CPI) from 1.5 to 1.1.What action should the project manager take to mitigate the issue of the deliverables being rejected during the next iteration?

Reinforce the definition of done (DoD) during sprint planning so that the team has a common understanding of expectations.

Submit a change request to prioritize resolutions for the quality issue to minimize the impact on the rest of the deliverables.

Reinforce the definition of done (DoD) during sprint planning so that the team has a common understanding of expectations.

Create a dedicated sprint to complete all of the pending specifications from previous sprints.

Assure that the product backlog is properly prioritized to avoid dependencies that cause rejection.

A project manager is managing a hybrid project. There is software in place to access the repository of project artifacts. However, a few stakeholders are reporting that they are unable to find the latest project schedule.What should the project manager do?

Make sure all stakeholders have access to the system and know where to find project artifacts.

Advise the project management office (PMO) that there is a resource gap for sharing project artifacts effectively.

Make sure all stakeholders have access to the system and know where to find project artifacts.

Escalate the issue to the steering committee and ask them to deal with the stakeholders' lack of training.

Send the project schedule via email to the stakeholders who need that information.

A project's planning phase has just been completed and was defined by team members in remote sessions. The day after the kick-off meeting, which was held at the client facilities, team member A asked the project manager to be moved to another project because they were uncomfortable around team member B.What should the project manager do to deal with this situation? (Choose two.)

Speak with both members to try to resolve the situation.

Clarify the inclusive practices for project team members.

Speak with both members to try to resolve the situation.

Transfer team member A to another project.

Clarify the inclusive practices for project team members.

Escalate the situation to the project sponsor.

Transfer team member B to another project.

A project team member identified a defect in the initial solution design for a project. The stakeholders are not sure whether to deploy the system or not.What should the project manager do?

Perform risk analysis against the issue.

Propose a solution redesign for the project.

Revise the project's quality control measurements.

Perform risk analysis against the issue.

Develop a mitigation based on the solution design.

A project manager has experience working with a specific provider that has been requested for an upcoming project. This provider often fails to meet deliverable dates; however it is the only company with the specific experience required for the project.What should the project manager do during the planning phase?

Add penalty clauses to the contract and update the risk register.

Encourage the provider to work overtime with no additional costs to the project.

Hire resources to obtain knowledge about the provider's specific capabilities.

Add penalty clauses to the contract and update the risk register.

Contract another provider with less experience and give them a chance to provide the deliverables.

In a standup meeting, a team member has been providing the same update for five consecutive days. The task, which is on the critical path, is now at risk for delaying the schedule.What should the project manager do?

Ask the team member if there is an impediment, and help to remove the blockers.

Keep the project sponsor informed about the delay.

Reassign the task to another member of the team.

Support the team member by providing one more resource to complete the task immediately.

Ask the team member if there is an impediment, and help to remove the blockers.

A business analyst on the project meets the customer in the elevator and says that due to constant changes in requirements, the development of the product will take more time than expected. What should the project manager do?

Point out to the project team and the customer that all information concerning the timeline of the project should be communicated by the project manager.

Submit a change request to the change control board (CCB) in order to reflect the new requirements and longer timeline of the project.

Point out to the project team and the customer that all information concerning the timeline of the project should be communicated by the project manager.

Refer to the resource management plan to find out if more business analysts may be assigned to process the requirements changes.

Explain that distribution of important news can only be done using traceable communication methods.

A project team has run into an issue with a vendor who is known for a lack of quality. The project manager must ensure that the quality problem is addressed appropriately.What should the project manager do to start the issue resolution process?

Meet with the vendor and request corrective actions.

Engage the test team to improve the quality.

Review the risk register and follow the response strategy.

Update the risk register and document any corrective actions.

The customer is reviewing the new reporting system and informs the project manager that one of the components in the printing module is not complete.The project manager reviews the work breakdown structure (WBS) and confirms that the component is included.What does the project manager need to do first?

Meet with the project team to understand the issue and define actions.

Ask the project team to conduct a quality audit of the printing module components.

Meet with the project team to understand the issue and define actions.

Escalate this issue to the project sponsor immediately.

Raise a change request to immediately implement the printing module component.

After a performance review, a team member approaches the project manager and asks for feedback. The project manager mentions anecdotal inform about this team member being a positive team player and generally getting their work done on time, even though they have been late with work once or twice. The team member expresses frustration at not having better information included in the annual performance review.What should the project manager do to prevent this frustration going forward?

Review the key performance indicators (KPIs) for this team member and remind the team member how they are determined.

Request the human resource (HR) department to provide the key performance indicators (KPIs) that were defined for this project.

Review the key performance indicators (KPIs) for this team member and remind the team member how they are determined.

Set team performance goals and explain how the team receives the same performance scores.

Provide the team member with velocity tracking tools and explain how the team member can see and track performance.

A project manager is managing a project aimed at providing incremental deliveries to the market every three months. The team has been assigned, and the product backlog was created and prioritized by the product owner. After four iterations, the product owner escalates complaints to the CEO because the product does not meet the product owner's expectations.What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation from happening?

Implemented sprint reviews with the product owner and retrospectives with the team to minimize gaps

Reviewed the organizational process assets (OPAs) and lessons learned from similar projects

Performed risk management analysis during daily scrums

Performed backlog grooming to ensure that acceptance criteria were being met

Implemented sprint reviews with the product owner and retrospectives with the team to minimize gaps

In a project that will deliver a new product using new technology, the project team frequently discusses difficulties that may arise and possible strategies to address them. One team member sets up a meeting with the project manager to discuss their list of challenges and presents an extensive list of items that require continuous attention.How should the project manager use this event to maximize the benefits to the stakeholders?

Invite the team member to participate in the risk register and review the evaluation frequently.

Validate the list of challenges and act on the valid items according to the priority indicated.

Document the findings and update and redistribute the communications management plan.

Invite the team member to participate in the risk register and review the evaluation frequently.

Present the list of challenges to the steering committee to gain buy-in before starting the activities.

A project manager is leading a project that is in the execution phase. During a team meeting, the project manager realizes that there are two team members who lack the technical skills required for some of the upcoming tasks.What should the servant leader project manager do next?

Explore a training program that is within the project budget for the team members.

Recommend to the team members to upskill themselves on the requirements for the project.

Discuss with the human resource (HR) manager about the possibility of changing team members.

Explore a training program that is within the project budget for the team members.

Inform the sponsor about a possible delay due to the lack of skills in the team.

A team has been working for two months and has consistently missed planned user stories. How should the project manager address this issue?

Ensure the sprint size is appropriate for the iteration duration.

Engage is recruiting a highly skilled resource to reinforce the skills.

Promote changing the iteration duration in order to commit as planned.

Consider using a reward system to encourage timely delivery.

An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of 10. After the last retrospective, the team members realize that they had to work extra hours to deliver the committed work.What should the project manager do?

Conduct a focused retrospective to help the team to discover the root cause.

Ask the team to have a lower commitment for the next iteration.

Implement a checkpoint in the iteration to verify if the team is on track.

Ask for additional team members to maintain the velocity.

Conduct a focused retrospective to help the team to discover the root cause.

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A project manager identified a risk on a deliverable completed by a contractor and added it to the risk register. During the last inspection meeting for the deliverable, the project manager notices that the suggested mitigation did not produce the expected results.

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