An agile project is running activities to define the minimum viable product (MVP). During the session, the project manager identifies some mandatory regulations, but there is no consensus to include these regulations in the MVP because it may extend the duration of the project.What should the project manager do?

Get commitment from the team to include all of the required regulations.

Ask the project sponsor to add more time to the project.

Get commitment from the team to include all of the required regulations.

Share with the participants the need to focus only on product functionality.

Train the team on the new regulations as requested by management.

A project manager is responsible for building a bridge. The high-level elements of the project are handled using a predictive approach. The software responsible for retracting the bridge has been developed based on agile principles. During software development, the workflow is often interrupted by various delays or impediments due to lack of information.How should the project manager handle this situation?

Make work visible using Kanban boards.

Increase retrospectives to deliver results fast.

Make work visible using Kanban boards.

Incorporate small batches of work into the project.

Apply lean manufacturing to limit the team's work.

A project manager who is new to an organization observes that an approaching deadline is likely to be missed because there have been some delays on the project due to a lack of resources.What should the project manager do next?

Organize a team meeting to discuss the next course of action.

Review the risk management plan to identify the response strategy.

Escalate the issue to the sponsor and debrief them about the situation.

Review the milestone list to determine which tasks can be fast-tracked.

Organize a team meeting to discuss the next course of action.

A project manager for a strategic initiative realizes a new stakeholder is interested in the project and wants to ensure the stakeholder is fully aware of the goals, objectives, benefits, and risks of the project.What should the project manager do to enhance the success of the project?

Schedule a meeting with the new stakeholder.

Share the project status reports with the new stakeholder.

Update the stakeholder engagement plan.

Add the new stakeholder to the communications management plan.

During the course of the project, several obstacles are identified that are preventing the project from moving forward.What should the project manager do to remove the obstacles?

Prioritize the obstacles for resolution

Have the project team work on other activities

Implement plans to remove the obstacles

Escalate to the project steering committee

Prioritize the obstacles for resolution

The project is delayed due to the high amount of major changes requested by different stakeholders at different stages of the project. If the project continues on the same path, it will consume twice the time and budget planned.What two actions can the project manager take to be more cost effective? (Choose two.)

Update the project management plan with the new timeline

Leverage work between team members

A project manager is working with a Scrum team that is continually missing deadlines. The steering committee is concerned about the project as it is not clear that it will deliver the expected value. After some analysis, the project manager discovers there is a mismatch of competencies in one of the teams.What should the project manager do?

Provide appropriate training to compensate for the mismatch

Emphasize to the teams the importance of meeting the agreed deadlines

Provide appropriate training to compensate for the mismatch

Update the project schedule to reflect the delay

Accept the risk of the project missing deadlines due to the mismatch

The steering committee has asked a project manager experienced in agile to provide an indication of the time remaining on a medium-sized project.What tools can be used to provide this information?

Analysis of the business requirements document

Story points for the remaining user stories

A team is ready to start working on a project with a customer who was very difficult to work with in the past because the customer was unable to describe exactly what they wanted.What approach should the project manager take to remove this impediment?

Work with the product owner to define the minimum viable product(s)

Follow a predictive approach in order to obtain formal acceptance of each deliverable

Work with the product owner to define the minimum viable product(s)

Reinforce the negotiation and soft skills of the team through training

Develop and monitor a plan with due dates to reduce the time of completing the product

A vendor supplying a piece of specialized equipment for a project has reported the potential for a delivery delay due to a technical issue with the sub-supplier. To stay on schedule, the vendor proposed replacing the sub-supplier's component with a similar part that is different from the one that is stipulated in the project specifications.What should the project manager do next?

Consult with a subject matter expert (SME) to see if the proposed change is acceptable

Accept the proposed replacement in order to keep procurement activities on track

Insist on using the component per the project specifications and air freight the equipment to mitigate the delay

Instruct the vendor to use the part that is compliant with the project specifications and update the schedule

Consult with a subject matter expert (SME) to see if the proposed change is acceptable

At the end of a meeting, a functional manager takes the project manager aside to raise some concerns on behalf of a project team member who is unclear about their role and responsibilities for the project.What should the project manager do in this situation?

Advise the functional manager and the project team member to review the resource management plan

Develop a work plan for the project team member with the help of the resource manager

Advise the functional manager and the project team member to review the resource management plan

Tell the functional manager and the project team member to review the project charter

Ask the functional manager to create a specific responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) chart for the team member

A project manager is struggling to figure out the performance of the project teams in an agile environment. For the same scope of work, team A has calculated 100 story points and team B has calculated 125 story points.Which team is performing better?

The team with the least amount of defects in their deliverables

Team A as they have calculated fewer story points than team B

Team B as they have calculated more story points than team A

The team that completes the most stones selected from the sprint backlog

The team with the least amount of defects in their deliverables

During the implementation stage of a project, a newly appointed team leader approaches the project manager to verify the team's tasks and schedule. The work did not go as planned due to the team leader's lack of management experience. This could cause delays for the project.What should the project manager do?

Provide mentoring to the newly appointed team leader

Ask the human resources director to appoint a senior team leader

Inform the project sponsor about the possible delay

Directly manage the project team to avoid project delays

Provide mentoring to the newly appointed team leader

A project for Company A was successfully delivered within scope, schedule, and budget by the end of the last iteration. However, during the project celebration ceremony, one of the business stakeholders says they perceive the project as a failure as it did not add any business value.What should the project manager have done to avoid this perception?

Defined product backlog priorities with the sponsor and key stakeholders to deliver business benefits

Involved the business stakeholders in the sprint review

Defined product backlog priorities with the sponsor and key stakeholders to deliver business benefits

Implemented a closing survey for key stakeholders

Confirmed that there is a communications management plan in place to make business stakeholders aware of the success

A project manager meets with external stakeholders to explain the objectives and outline expectations for a new project. A key stakeholder appears to support the project, with the condition that other unrelated projects will receive financial support. Due to cultural sensitivities, the project manager is reluctant to be direct with the key stakeholder on this matter. The project cannot proceed without the support of this stakeholder.What should the project manager do?

Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan

Proceed with the project without allowing scope creep to occur

Use the contingency funds to provide support for the requested projects

Cancel the project since the stakeholder's request is out of scope

Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan

A key stakeholder for a construction project has been spending a lot of time at the site and interrupting the team's efforts.What should the project manager do in this situation?

Work to understand the key stakeholder's concerns and provide feedback in regular project status reports

Arrange an ad hoc meeting to address the key stakeholder's concerns with team members

Reinforce with the key stakeholder that the project is performing on schedule

Escalate the situation to the project sponsor because the key stakeholder's behavior is impacting progress

A stakeholder on a project has a reputation for being easily angered and unreasonably difficult on projects. The project manager would like to minimize the impact of the stakeholder's behavior on the development team.What training should the project manager choose for their team to help with this situation?

Emotional intelligence training

A company is using a predictive approach for the development of a particular component as defined in the scope management plan. Due to regularly changing regulatory requirements, the development team has requested to utilize agile approaches.What should the project manager do about the development team's request?

Analyze the requirements that will need to be addressed under the requested method

Escalate the request for additional financial resources

Forward the request to the project management office (PMO) to amend the organizational process assets

Ask the project sponsor to obtain approval for implementation of the new approach

Analyze the requirements that will need to be addressed under the requested method

During a daily standup meeting, a roadblock was raised that is preventing one of the team members from proceeding with work. The project manager figures out that it is due to a technical issue.What should the project manager do to prioritize this critical impediment?

Perform a brainstorming session to address the issue and add the solution to the sprint.

Solve the issue for the team member.

Perform a brainstorming session to address the issue and add the solution to the sprint.

Escalate the issue to the software vendor for technical resolution.

Coach the team to come up with their own solution and add it to the next sprint.

A project is being executed. The project's life cycle is defined as predictive; however, a major deliverable will be handed over incrementally to the customer. The assigned resources are experienced and reliable and are willing to make decisions that the project manager used to make after each incremental delivery on other projects.What should the project manager do?

Support the decisions of the team and transfer the decision making responsibility to them

Schedule a steering committee meeting and obtain their approval on the request

Support the decisions of the team and transfer the decision making responsibility to them

Inform the team that although this is a hybrid environment, the project manager must still be responsible for making decisions

Consult the product owner about letting the resources make decisions

After reviewing the project management plan with key stakeholders, the project manager was told that an 18-month release plan was unacceptable and the product should launch in six months.Based on the new timeline, what should the project manager do?

Review the project backlog looking for high-priority items and come up with a minimum viable product (MVP) that fits the expected timeline

Plan for overtime, apply crashing and fast tracking, and share the risk of failure with project stakeholders

Review the project backlog looking for high-priority items and come up with a minimum viable product (MVP) that fits the expected timeline

Seek approval with the sponsor to triple the project budget, hiring more people to compensate for the compressed schedule

Go over the critical path with stakeholders, explaining why it is not possible to deliver all the scope in the expected timeline

A research and development department is planning to develop a product that will introduce a new line of business for the organization.What should the project manager do to increase the project's chances of success?

Plan a working session focusing on the scope, vision, and mission of the initiative

Start developing the project management plan based on a previous project template from the project management office (PMO)

Conduct benchmarking to determine the business viability of the initiative

Conduct an impact analysis of the new initiative to determine how the project should be rolled out

The product owner decides to launch a product after a couple of releases, knowing that the minimum viable product (MVP) lacks some features. One of the key stakeholders, the marketing vice president, is not happy with the results and questioned the release decision.What should the project manager do?

Support the product owner's decision and seek better alignment with this stakeholder in order to avoid this type of issue in the future

Coach the team on the decision-making process, assuming a risk-averse strategy towards product releasing

Assume the responsibility for product releases, making the final call on when something is ready for customer launch

Escalate the issue to the sponsor, questioning the authority of the key stakeholder regarding the product launch decision

In the beginning of project execution, the project manager finds out that a key resource will be unavailable for two weeks, which could cause a delay to the schedule.What should the project manager do first?

Update the resource management plan and resource allocation chart accordingly

Assign the tasks to another resource, and ask the resource to work double shifts

Update the schedule to reflect the project's changes in duration

Ask human resources (HR) for a replacement, and update the risk register

Update the resource management plan and resource allocation chart accordingly

The change control board (CCB) rejects a change request submitted by a subject matter expert (SME). The SME refuses to accept this rejection and does not want to continue the project without the change.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Assessed the change's overall impact to the project before submission

Requested that the sponsor approved the change request first

Assessed the change's overall impact to the project before submission

Ensured that the change request was aligned with the project scope

Submitted the change request directly to the CCB

A food company is developing a new product using a predictive approach, and the product is currently in the testing phase. Given the nature of the feedback of the tests, the project manager has decided to use an iterative approach. At the end of one of the iterations, a new regulation related to the product is enacted.What should the project manager do next?

Conduct an iteration review to address the new regulation

Make a change request regarding the project's scope to ensure compliance

Include an assessment to verify compliance in the next iteration

Conduct an iteration review to address the new regulation

Start the tests over, adapting the trials to the new regulation

A project manager is managing an innovation project for a big corporation. The project manager is planning to use email as the main communication channel; however, the product owner prefers to use another approved communication tool instead of email.What should the project manager do?

Update the communications management plan based on the product owner's preferences and distribute to the team

Contact the sponsor to request direction regarding the communication tool to be used by the project team

Update the communications management plan based on the product owner's preferences and distribute to the team

Suggest to the team to start using the communication tool suggested by the product owner

Request the product owner to use email because using another tool will increase the workload

The customer's project manager changes during the final stage of a project.How can the project manager avoid a project closure delay?

Update the stakeholder engagement plan

Review the latest project status report and update the stakeholders

Escalate the case to the customer's management team

Issue the project payment invoice to the customer in advance

In an industrial plant, the owner has decided to add more capacity to the plant by installing a new machine and updating the software used in production. This capacity enlargement will occur while the plant is still functioning and producing.The software update will be accomplished using an agile approach in order to minimize risk. The machine procurement, installation, and integration will be accomplished using predictive approaches.What types of communications will the project manager have to design into the schedule management plan to ensure the project will be on schedule?

Weekly colocated meetings with the relevant stakeholders

Biweekly conference calls with the relevant stakeholders

Weekly one-on-one meetings with each of the relevant stakeholders

Biweekly written status reports from the relevant stakeholders

During the review of a project's list of deliverables, one of the stakeholders expressed concern that one of the requirements will not be addressed.What should the project manager do?

Review the requirements traceability matrix with the concerned stakeholder

Check the approved list of requirements to see if there are any missing items

Work with the stakeholder to improve the requirements' acceptance criteria

Review the requirements traceability matrix with the concerned stakeholder

Discuss with the stakeholder which additional requirements should be added

During project execution, a conflict occurs between the project manager and one of the team members at every project team meeting. The ongoing conflict is preventing tasks and deliverables from being completed. The project manager contemplates changing their leadership style.What should the project manager do?

Escalate the situation to the project sponsor

Review the set of responsibilities with the team member

Avoid the team member to prevent further conflicts

Escalate the situation to the project sponsor

Review the personnel skill documents

A newly formed team has become accustomed to agile practices. The project lead has noticed that while they are performing according to expectations, there is boredom with daily team practices among many of the team members.What should the project lead do in this situation?

Allow the team to self-organize and have them analyze the situation in their retrospective session and self correct

Challenge the team to find new ways to achieve higher levels of performance to improve the situation

Speak with individual team members to determine what they would like to do to improve the situation in the team

Have the team inform senior management of the situation and ask for recommendations

Allow the team to self-organize and have them analyze the situation in their retrospective session and self correct

A company starts implementing Scrum. About halfway through the first sprint, communication issues develop. Some project team members are not in sync with other team members.What is the cause for this communication gap?

Daily standup meetings were not held or enforced

The project sprint board has not been updated

Daily standup meetings were not held or enforced

The project status dashboard has not been updated

The communications management plan has not been developed

During the course of a project, the project manager's immediate director is communicating directly with the client to approve changes without the project manager's knowledge. This is causing confusion in the project team where the scope is changing in the background, but only being mentioned in project meetings.How should the project manager handle this?

Communicate directly with the director and inform them of the communications management plan

Communicate directly with the client stating that any scope changes must go through the project manager

Review the stakeholder engagement plan and put in place any existing actions accordingly

Discuss the issues with the project team and let them know that the project manager will handle scope changes

A project sponsor commonly asks the project manager to skip project retrospectives due to time constraints. However, the project manager persists in running this critical ceremony by reducing the time for preparation and for discussion.What are two issues that these actions by the project manager could cause? (Choose two.)

A lot of discussions that yield no results or possibly too many results

Lessons learned from other teams to not be considered

A lot of discussions that yield no results or possibly too many results

A lack of direction and motivation for the team in the workshop

Lessons learned from other teams to not be considered

Time management plan for the retrospective workshop to not be updated

A focus on the negative and a disinterest in further improvements

A client is structured as a matrix organization for an agile project. The project manager is working on-site with key stakeholders from different parts of the organization.How should the project manager handle the different stakeholders?

Because there are different perspectives, perform a stakeholder analysis and act based on the outcome

All stakeholders are important, so the project manager should follow directions provided by management and key stakeholders

Because there are different perspectives, perform a stakeholder analysis and act based on the outcome

The project manager is working on the client's premises, so follow the directions of all the key stakeholders

This is an agile project, so listen only to the directions of the project manager's supervisor and the functional managers of the organization

A project manager is leading an in-house company project in its very early stages. This current project is similar to another project that ended a year ago.What should the project manager do to analyze the involved stakeholders?

Use lessons learned from the previous project as a guide for the current project's stakeholder register

Lower the priority of stakeholder engagement as the stakeholders already have knowledge of this kind of project

Use lessons learned from the previous project as a guide for the current project's stakeholder register

Refer to the stakeholder register from the previous project as it was similar to the current project

Document in the risk register that the current project may have different stakeholders than the previous project

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