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A project team is experiencing delays in completing a task that turned out to be more complex than initially estimated. This is a critical task that could impact current iteration goals. What two o

Question 462

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The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30%. Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources. What strategy should the proj

Question 463

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During the implementation phase of a project, a new regulation affects the project, and a critical status meeting discussing the scope changes is required. The project manager discovers that a key s

Question 464

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A new project has been kicked off following a planning session. The project is under direct oversight of an executive in the organization. After a review meeting, the project manager overhears an ex

Question 465

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A project manager is managing a project which has a very complex and long execution period. Although the project is mostly predictive, the team was able to break the design and execution into small

Question 466

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Early in the execution phase, a project manager discovers that recent changes in enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) will severely reduce the implementation cost and shorten the project schedule

Question 467

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A group has been working together for one month. During daily meetings a team member continues to express issues in completing their tasks. What should the project manager do?

Question 468

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A team has different ideas on how to address a feature of a product under construction and; although the sprint began two days ago, they have still not reached a consensus. What should the project

Question 469

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A junior staff member was recently assigned to the team. The new team member tells the project manager that they are confused because they are not familiar with what is expected of them on the proje

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Which three of the following scenarios are impediments to which a scrum master should pay attention? (Choose three.)

Question 461

A project team is experiencing delays in completing a task that turned out to be more complex than initially estimated. This is a critical task that could impact current iteration goals.

What two options will help the team initially address this obstacle? (Choose two.)

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor

Review and update dependencies

Schedule a retrospective

Conduct a root cause analysis

Create a risk management plan

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Question 462

The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30%. Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources.

What strategy should the project manager use in order to keep delivering value in a restricted environment?

Reduce the project staff and adjust the scope and timelines accordingly in support of the budget reduction

Balance the project team in order to accommodate the budget challenges, and provide training to mitigate the risk of low performance

Prioritize the product backlog looking for high business value and low effort, and adjust the project budget and staffing to account for those items

Restrict the project scope only to basic critical features and run the project with the current staffing level until all of the budget is consumed

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During the implementation phase of a project, a new regulation affects the project, and a critical status meeting discussing the scope changes is required. The project manager discovers that a key stakeholder cannot attend the scheduled meeting.

What should the project manager do?

Call for a change control board (CCB) meeting, and inform the stakeholder about the outcome

Update the communications management plan and implement the change

Meet with the project sponsor to discuss how to address the situation

Meet with the stakeholder prior to the meeting to obtain their opinion

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Question 464

A new project has been kicked off following a planning session. The project is under direct oversight of an executive in the organization. After a review meeting, the project manager overhears an executive request a dashboard from one of the team members to show the overall project status.

What should the project manager do?

Update the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

Update the communications management plan to include informal requests

Ask the team member to develop a dashboard to fulfill the request

Tell the team member to route the request through the project manager

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Question 465

A project manager is managing a project which has a very complex and long execution period.

Although the project is mostly predictive, the team was able to break the design and execution into smaller packages using a hybrid framework. The business wants to keep track of the value delivered by this framework application but there is no defined set of measurable items for the framework.

What should the project manager do first?

Work with the stakeholders to determine which measurable benefits can be tracked and assign an accountable person to monitor and report them

Create a report based on the work breakdown structure (WBS) and update it on a regular basis.

Use the same benefits tracking process from the last predictive project and add this to the monthly status report

Research which templates of reports were used the most for this framework and incorporate them into the project

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Question 466

Early in the execution phase, a project manager discovers that recent changes in enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) will severely reduce the implementation cost and shorten the project schedule.

How should the project manager address this situation?

Meet with the project team to decide how the remaining budget will be spent

Keep the extra budget as management reserve until project closeout

Give the team extra time to finish tasks within the original timeline

Follow the project escalation policy and communications management plan

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Question 467

A group has been working together for one month. During daily meetings a team member continues to express issues in completing their tasks.

What should the project manager do?

Wait for the team to identify and solve the problem independently

Move the team member to another task that is more skill appropriate

Have a confidential discussion with the team member to identify the root cause

Start a discussion with all team members to help resolve the issues

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Question 468

A team has different ideas on how to address a feature of a product under construction and; although the sprint began two days ago, they have still not reached a consensus.

What should the project manager do?

Ask the product owner, who is the key stakeholder, to choose among the different ideas

Propose ideas to the group, ask everyone to vote, and then choose the most popular idea

Schedule a session to give everyone the chance to express their opinions about each idea, then vote and decide

Offer an opinion about the pros and cons of each idea and try to reach a consensus in a facilitated meeting

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Question 469

A junior staff member was recently assigned to the team. The new team member tells the project manager that they are confused because they are not familiar with what is expected of them on the project.

What should the project manager do to assist the new team member?

Advise the new team member to enroll in project management training

Instruct the new team member to review the responsible, accountable consult, and inform (RACI) matrix before asking for help

Advise the new team member to review the project charter and stakeholder engagement plan

Review the resource management plan and provide mentoring to the new team member if necessary

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