PMI PMP Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 118

A project manager is launching an agile project with team members located in multiple countries.

In order to connect the team and improve the overall productivity, what should the project manager do?

A project manager has been working with the same group of stakeholders for 3 years using a predictive approach. The stakeholders have invested in many projects and are familiar with the approach. Recently, the organization has strongly encouraged all project managers to adopt an agile approach. This was announced 2 weeks before the project manager planned to kick off a large, complex project with the same group of stakeholders.

What should the project manager do?

A project manager is managing a hybrid project. A stakeholder has directly contacted a team member and has requested a change. Due to the request, the team member was distracted from their work, which caused a loss in productivity What should the team member do?

A company has always acquired very specialized services from local companies for its projects. During the planning stage for a regulatory project, the project manager is informed that local vendors would not be able to operate due to an unexpected major event. There is an option to hire the same services from companies in other countries.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

A project scope was developed with numerous assumptions. During the execution phase, the assumptions changed, which has jeopardized the planned business value of the project.

What should the project manager do next?

A project is scheduled to end in 2 weeks. The team is expected to continue working long hours and is showing signs of weariness and fatigue.

What should the project manager do lo encourage the team?

A project team member complained to the project manager that they are not sure if they are working on the latest requirements document because it was emailed to them about one week ago. They mentioned that, in the past, they worked on a document for more than 20 hours only to find out later that another learn member had already updated that same document but did not send them the latest revisions.

What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

A project manager is preparing the business case for a project in a not for profit organization. The project manager justifies the cost of the project to a group of sponsors.

Which benefits realization metric should the project manager use?

A company is transitioning from a predictive to an agile approach. During the last two sprint reviews, the product owner complained about the development team, indicating that the increments do not meet the acceptance criteria defined in the user stories. The development team complained about the product owner, who is defining sprint backlog items, because the backlog items cannot be delivered during the 2-week sprints agreed to at the beginning of the project.

How should the project manager resolve this situation in their new role as servant leader?