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During the release of an important product, a vice president for a different product line brought a valid concern to the project team, which had to be completed before the release. The vice president has not participated in other product discussions until now. This additional work resulted in a delay of the product release.
How should the project manager have handled this situation earlier in the project?
Identified the vice president as a stakeholder
Recorded the vice president's concerns in the risk register
Shared project boundaries so that everyone was aware of the scope
Escalated any dissent to top management right away
A project manager is working on a time and materials (T&M) project using a hybrid approach. The milestones and outcomes are defined for the first 6 months with incremental releases every month. After the first 2 months, the client communicates their dissatisfaction with the results and asks to change the course of the project. The project manager held a face-to-face meeting with the client and now has a better understanding of the newly desired milestones and outcomes.
What should the project manager do first?
Draft a contract change with the desired scope changes and send it to the client for approval.
Forward the client's request to management as a change request to get formal approval.
Finish the current monthly release as it was planned and replan for the future months.
Document the information in the meeting minutes and share it with the project stakeholders.
In a fixed time and budget project, the customer wants the development of a core component to be based on agile practices, as the final scope of the requirement has not yet been fully developed. The project manager is participating in contract development with the sales team and wants to ensure that development costs do not impact the profitability of the project.
Which two controls should the project manager incorporate into the contract to specifically address the development of the core component? (Choose two.)
Establish a governance committee to review the contract delivery.
Provide alternatives to scope change at specific project phases within the contract.
Tier the contract for fixed and agile components.
Limit the number of iterations for development in the contract.
Require that only internal resources be utilized for this project.
A project stakeholder has left the company. The new stakeholder is a family member of one of the team members. This stakeholder does not attend meetings. The project manager finds out that the stakeholder has been asking the family member for project updates.
What should the project manager do?
Forward the project status reports.
Escalate this to the project sponsor.
Request a meeting with the stakeholder.
Design an updated status report.
A team member is openly criticized by others during a standup meeting for failing to complete yesterday's tasks. What should the agile coach do first to address the situation?
Avoid the discussion by referring to the team charter.
Let the discussion go on as it is important that the team is clear on priorities for the day.
Address the team members involved during the next sprint retrospective.
Emphasize the ground rules and then focus on today's activities and impediments.
A project manager was recently assigned to a new project that is about to start. The organization has already signed a fixed-cost contract with the customer detailing the scope and final delivery date, but the project manager has identified several internal constraints and conditions that will certainly prevent the project from being completed in the number of iterations initially planned.
What should the project manager do next?
Create an issue log template that will be used to identify and track impediments.
Create a schedule management plan to ensure the project meets the delivery date.
Create a contingency plan in case the project deviates from the initial plan.
Create an assumption log and map assumptions to impediments based on the impact to the project value.
As a project is reaching completion, the project sponsor tells the project manager to immediately close the project and to move on to another project. Which critical task should the project manager complete before closing the project?
Update and close both the risk register and issue log with the latest updates, and save them in the organization's project management information system (PMIS).
Archive all the project documents following the organization's accepted practices so the documents can be used in other future projects.
Ensure that the whole team is appropriately recognized and organize a project farewell party to celebrate the project success and closure.
Meet with the project sponsor and advise that the new project might be difficult to undertake because the current project is not yet complete.
A project manager is leading an integration project for a retail company. The project demands a lot of time from the stakeholders to make important business decisions. The project is critical and must be completed on time and within budget.
What should the project manager do to ensure that key stakeholders are available for this project?
Share the project schedule, milestones, and meeting agendas with the stakeholders ahead of time.
Add time reserve in the project schedule to allow extra time for the stakeholders to make decisions.
Schedule meetings with all of the stakeholders to make business decisions when needed.
Work with the available stakeholders to make business decisions and keep all unavailable stakeholders informed.
A recently concluded quality audit failed and came back with multiple action items. A newly appointed project manager is reviewing the project status with the team. New stakeholders have been identified, and new audit resources may have to be added to the project.
What should the project manager do next?
Perform stakeholder engagement.
Perform integrated change control.
Update the quality management plan.
Update the risk management plan.
A new agile project is starting. The project manager is asked to confirm the scope to address the concerns of one of the stakeholders.
What should the project manager use to explain the project scope?
User stories
Product backlog
Product roadmap
Business requirements document
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