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A project manager is assigned to a project related to taxes, which will be managed using an agile approach. By reviewing lessons learned from a previous project, the project manager discovers that a key stakeholder is an expert on taxes and is willing to help.
How should the project manager leverage this information?
Send a request to the project sponsor to hire the stakeholder and have them become part of the project team.
Ask the project team to review the lessons learned and have the team contact the stakeholder directly if there are any questions.
Recognize the stakeholder's skills are important for the project and evaluate the possibility of the stakeholder supporting the project team.
Request the functional manager to assign the team from the lessons learned project to the current project to avoid a learning curve.
A project requires testing of the final product to be done at another department's testing facility, which is known for having low availability. This situation could potentially impact the project schedule.
What should the project manager do next?
Update the project schedule.
Update the issue log.
Update the lessons learned register.
Update the risk register.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, a contractor was unable to mobilize the project team, which was necessary to conduct face-to-face meetings and discussions. Virtual meetings were subsequently put in place, but the local project team and end users now face a communication gap that is causing the team's low performance.
What should the project manager do?
Ask the contractor to solve this problem because this is a contractual obligation.
Terminate the contract and initiate a new one with a local contractor.
Reassess continually to remove blockers for the team.
Implement key performance indicators (KPIs) and convince the contractor to engage the team.
DRAG DROP
A project manager is working on a complex project and is unsure about planning, executing, monitoring and controlling the project. Match the phrase on the left with the correct statement on the right.
During a team meeting the new agile project manager becomes aware that there are many complaints from the customer regarding project stability and other critical issues. A team member states that the deliverables were developed by experienced employees who confirmed that the project was stable.
How should the new project manager address these concerns?
Allow the agile team to decide what they are able to deliver in each iteration
Ask the team for additional feedback and add tasks to the task board
Document the customer's complaints and critical issues in the issue log
Hold a brainstorming session to identify the root cause of the complaints
A project sponsor has approved the project charter and business case. The project manager has reviewed the artifacts to initiate the project and is unclear if the intended benefits of the project align with the strategic objectives of the business.
What should the project manager do first?
Stat executing the project since leadership is responsible for the business strategy.
Propose an updated business case and project charter that are more aligned with the business strategy.
Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and record the results in the risk register.
Meet with the project sponsor to better understand the strategy benefits of the project.
A project manager is in the middle of an agile project comprised of 100 user stories broken down into five iterations. Each user story is worth US$50. The actual expenditure is US$2,000 and 50 user stories have been delivered.
Which statement is true?
The project is under budget and on schedule.
The project is over budget and behind schedule.
The project is under budget and behind schedule.
The project is on budget and on schedule.
A project manager has been assigned to lead a major project in a government organization.
There are no policies and procedures for project management, since there is no project management office (PMO). The managers involved are unaware of their responsibilities for the project.
What should the project manager do?
Provide project management training to the stakeholders and explain their responsibilities.
Start planning the project and then request that a PMO be implemented in the organization.
Request that the implementation of a PMO be executed in parallel with the project.
Provide project management training to only the internal team involved in the project.
A project manager for a construction site realizes the importance of stakeholder relations, especially with the local community. The project manager and the project team strive to build effective relationships with these key stakeholders in order to prevent obstacles in the future.
What should the project manager do to customize the stakeholder engagement plan?
Assess the need to collaborate with the community.
Analyze the need to negotiate with the community.
Assess the information requirements of the community.
Analyze stakeholder diversity in the community.
In a project, one core team member tends to do all the work and ensures all tasks are completed.
This core team member is soon leaving the project, which may make the project vulnerable.
What should the project manager do?
Ensure the activities of this team member are distributed across the project team.
Assess a mechanism for knowledge transfer among the team members.
Ask human resources (HR) to counsel the team member to balance the workload.
Motivate the team member to stay by providing them with incentives.
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