PMI PMP Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 87

During a planning session, the development team and the product owner are arguing about the effort needed to deliver a specific feature in a software development project. The product owner says that the feature can be developed in one week, whereas the team estimates that it will take at least two weeks. After several hours of discussion, they have not reached an agreement.

What should the project lead do?

There are two interdependent projects: the first project is in execution, and the second one is about to be deployed. The first project has been delayed, which is now affecting the second project due to the sharing of resources.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

In the initial project meeting, a stakeholder presents a complaint about the validity of the project. The complaint occurs after the stakeholder discovers that the project will not deliver the objectives they expected and will have a higher cost.

How should the project manager handle the complaint?

At the beginning of a project, a project manager is asked to provide human resources (HR) with an evaluation of every team member's performance. This evaluation will be delivered at the end of the project.

How should the project manager approach this request?

A customer asks the project manager to complete a project 10 days earlier than planned due to marketing constraints. After discussing this request with the project team, the project manager concludes that this can be achieved if a few activities can be overlapped.

Which approach should the project manager take?

A project has come to a halt. What should the project manager do to get the project back on track?

A project manager is assigned to a critical project to build a complex application for a client whose goal is to achieve an ideal state for their business model, but is unsure about how to achieve the solution. What collaboration model should the project manager recommend in this situation?

A project manager is executing a large project with many stakeholders. One of the primary stakeholders is requesting a change to the project scope. The project manager knows that this scope change will not require much effort from the project team. The project manager is worried that going through the full change control process will hold up the project schedule.

What should the project manager do?

A project manager has noticed that a specific team member rarely contributes or shares opinions during team discussions. However, the team member is effective at delivering assigned tasks on time.

How can the project manager leverage this?