PMI PMP Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 145

A project manager has been assigned as the servant leader for an ongoing project that historically has presented unexpected problems. The main stakeholder is hesitant to continue with the rest of the sprints even though there are no open issues or indications of risks at this stage.

What should the project manager do to address this problem?

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A retail company identifies that it is losing sales because customers are not promptly informed about promotions and sales points. The company needs to react quickly. A project charter is created along with requests to develop a mobile application for the customer. The marketing department has a long list of features to add to the application, but there are no specifications.

Considering the objective to deploy customer value, which project life cycle approach should be chosen?

A project manager is working on the implementation of new phases in the production process of a regulated industry. Which two stakeholders can help the project manager determine and address compliance requirements? (Choose two.)

A project manager has noticed that the performance of a new team member has increased dramatically over the past few months. The project manager has been measuring this team member's performance through the cost performance index (CPI) and schedule performance index (SPI) of work packages. The project manager has also assigned new, unrelated work packages to this team member. The project manager wants to formally record the team member's success in the project documentation.

What should the project manager do?

A key team member has recently gone through some personal issues that has affected their performance. The project manager noticed that the team member's emotional situation has affected the rest of the team's performance.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A developer who has almost completed a required product feature for a prototype leaves the company in the middle of an iteration. What should the project manager do?

An agile project has a documented list of requirements prioritized in high, medium, and low categories. The project team has expressed that it is difficult to know what to work on next as so many items are listed as high priority.

What should the project manager recommend?

A self-organizing team was delivering as committed. The team accepted a development task with new technology and the iterations started to have reduced velocity.

What management decision is suited for this situation?

A project manager's transformation project has been delayed due to unexpected issues with the information technology (IT) systems. These issues are likely to impact the project budget, but the project manager is working hard to make ensure there is no impact on the project's schedule and scope.

Which two actions should the project manager take before proposing a budget rebaseline to upper management for approval? (Choose two.)