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During the execution phase of a project, a new project manager is assigned to replace the previous project manager. As the project manager starts managing the project, they discover that team performance is significantly decreasing, which is impacting the project's key performance indicators (KPIs). This team has delivered good performance on similar projects in the past.
What should the project manager do next to improve this situation?
Review the resource management plan and organizational assets.
Estimate the baseline impacts and submit a change request.
Implement compression techniques to bring the project back on track.
Call for a team meeting to identify the root cause for the declining performance.
A project manager is facilitating a project steering committee meeting where the prioritization of work items in the backlog is being discussed. The engineering executive wants to prioritize features based on level of effort, completing the smallest items first. The quality executive wants to complete the most complex tasks first to have adequate time to ensure a quality product is delivered. The compliance officer wants to complete items with associated regulatory components as they are essential items.
How should the project manager prioritize the work items?
Ensure that the project value is within the quality guidelines by prioritizing and completing intricate tasks earlier in the project.
Complete tasks associated with regulatory components as the team cannot deliver business value that does not adhere to compliance regulations.
Ensure that the team assesses opportunities to deliver the highest business value items incrementally.
Complete the smaller tasks first to allow the team opportunities to prototype and evaluate development processes.
One of the team members is consistently absent in team meetings, but always completes their assigned tasks on time. Other team members think this member should attend the meetings.
What should the project manager do?
Review and update the project ground rules to make meeting attendance mandatory.
Assign this member to facilitate the next meeting to ensure project team collaboration.
Understand the reason for the team member's absence and encourage them to attend future meetings.
Allow each team member to submit their required tasks on time and reduce the number of scheduled meetings.
A project manager is working on a product development project. When the product is delivered, there are major issues that require rework and delay new feature development.
Which action should the project manager take to resolve the quality issues?
Discuss adding business scenario tests with the customer.
Discuss adding additional test cases with the product owner.
Add more test scenarios based on the issues found.
Plan for continuous validation of the product.
A project sponsor asks the project manager to explore a hybrid approach for a new project. The product manager for this project has already prepared a detailed specification for the product.
What should the project manager do to proceed with the project management plan?
Recommend to the project sponsor that a predictive approach is appropriate for the project due to the stable product requirements.
Explore with the product manager to determine if there are viable opportunities to deliver value incrementally and increase business value.
Ask the product manager whether they are prepared to act as product owner for the project in order to participate in iterative planning and reviews.
Ask the team to assess whether the product specification can be expressed in user stories to enable a Scrum or Kanban approach.
A global company is executing a strategic project to upgrade a legacy enterprise system. The company uses a hybrid approach to project management and has just completed the first sprint.
A team member provided ideas to improve the testing process during the sprint retrospective.
What is the next step for the project manager?
Document the lessons learned and implement improvements in the next sprint.
Request that all team members think of ideas to improve processes.
Facilitate a daily standup with the team to track the implementation of changes.
Organize a demonstration of the changes in the enterprise system.
A project manager brings in a new team member from an agile environment to work in a predictive environment. The project manager expects to leverage the new team member's agile experience with the existing team members.
What should the project manager do to integrate the new team member effectively?
Set expectations with the new team member and explain what is needed.
Acknowledge that hiring this new employee is a risk to the existing team.
Train the new team member in the predictive project management approach.
Meet with all team members and explain the new employee's position.
Upon analyzing the report requirements to create a functional design, the project team finds that the information source is not correct and needs to be adjusted. What should the project manager do?
Initiate a change request procedure.
Build a prototype to verify the information.
Consult with subject matter experts (SMEs).
Review the statement of work (SOW).
The project sponsor requested technical specifications for a project-related component. The project sponsor does not have the authorization to see the specifications, but insists on seeing them.
What should the project manager do first in this situation?
Provide the specifications to the project sponsor with some information removed.
Update the issue log to make the project team aware and to develop a strategy.
Create a stakeholder engagement plan to help the team formulate a response.
Meet with the project sponsor as soon as possible to discuss the matter further.
A key stakeholder who is frustrated by the lack of transparency of IT projects declines an invitation to participate in the new project meetings. What should the agile project manager do to engage the stakeholder in the project?
Introduce the stakeholder to the project team and invite them to the next iteration review meeting with the IT team.
Use stakeholder mapping to document the level of influence and interest for the next iteration planning meeting.
Present the project management plan to the stakeholder and reassure them that they will receive regular project updates.
Build trust with the stakeholder by keeping project commitments and use demo sessions to gather feedback and realign goals.
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