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A new team member is assigned to a team that consistently delivers each iteration. The new team member does not understand many of the processes followed and begins to negatively impact the schedule.
What should the project manager do?
Allocate time within the iterations to mentor the new team member.
Assign easier activities to the new team member.
Place the new team member on a performance improvement program.
Ask another team member to take some of the new team member's work.
During the project planning phase, a project manager is informed that they cannot start one activity before another department implements the required IT system. What should the project manager do?
Fast track this dependency to avoid delaying the project.
Perform Integrated Change Control.
Ask IT to prioritize the needed system to meet the schedule.
Include the dependency in the project schedule.
A project manager is building a team to work on a service integration project that will transition technology management services from company A to company B. The project team will consist of members from both companies. Prospective team members for the project are located all over the world, have different types of technology backgrounds, and use different approaches for work.
How should the project manager build a cohesive, high-performing team?
Ask the human resources (HR) department to arrange interview meetings to select the team.
Organize the team members into several kick-off sessions based on technology type.
Ask prospective team members to write a short biography explaining how they can contribute to the team's success.
Review the list of team members' skills and understand how they will work together to deliver the project outcomes.
A project manager is leading a project at a contracting company, and the project team just completed an iteration. The product passed inspection, but an additional feature was added to the product. The customer notices the additional feature and thinks it will introduce new risks to the product.
What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?
Follow the proper change control process and evaluate the change for further impact.
Perform frequent reviews with the customer to ensure that the product is working as expected.
Manage the scope baseline to influence the factors that drive change.
Work with the customer to ensure the feature adds value.
A project team delivered a critical deliverable to the customer. The customer complained that the maintenance manual was not included.
What should the project manager do next?
Review the terms and conditions of the contract.
Submit a change request to include the manual.
Review the stakeholder engagement plan.
Add the needed manual and update the risk log.
A company is moving its headquarters to another city. The project manager responsible for the assignment has been using a predictive approach during the transition. However, the information systems will be migrated using an agile approach. The project manager needs to decide which kind of contract to sign with the vendor responsible for migrating the systems. The project manager is concerned about controlling finances while delivering results.
How should the project manager address this situation?
Sign a single agreement for the whole project.
Confirm payment after each project retrospective.
Negotiate payment after all project migration is completed.
Use fixed-price increments as user stories are completed.
A leader from project B consistently reaches out to a team member in project A for assistance.
What should project A's project manager do?
Tell project A's team member to ignore project B's leader.
Talk with project B's leader to discuss possible impacts to both projects.
Allow project B's leader to continue building relationships.
Ensure project A's team member can finish the work committed to project A.
A risk was identified at the beginning of a project, and a response plan was established.
Unforeseen consequences resulted in a higher level of risk. The project manager has an idea that could address the new risk in an efficient way, but the response is different from the original risk mitigation plan.
What should the project manager do?
Submit the new response plan to the stakeholders for their review.
Obtain management approval prior to implementing the new risk response.
Implement the new response to address the risk.
Use the management reserve to mitigate the risk.
The testing backlog for a hybrid project has increased significantly and is becoming a bottleneck.
The team has researched a tool that could resolve the bottleneck, and the project manager has been informed.
What should the project manager do next?
Escalate the issue with the product owner.
Reduce the testing scope of the backlog.
Add developers to remove the backlog.
Enroll team members in training on the tool.
A project manager has taken over a project that has been without a project manager for the last couple of weeks. The team is feeling lost and there are a few team members who are confused about the next steps and the final outcome of the project.
What should the new project manager do?
Set short-term goals in order to create a winning culture internally and praise team members for achieving them.
Ask the project sponsor to provide team members with a project direction regarding outcomes.
Avoid conflict and let the team self-organize on how they want to work on the project tasks.
Escalate the situation to the steering committee and request that more time be allotted to the project.
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