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A project manager is working on an agile project that is within the scope of a recently announced corporate audit. The project manager was appointed to attend the first meeting with the auditors scheduled for the following week.
What should the project manager do to prepare for the audit?
- A . Reserve story points for the next iteration if needed.
- B . Review the project information.
- C . Ask the development team to provide compliance information.
- D . Ask for a waiver during the audit.
A development team is struggling to find design documentation for the upcoming sprint. Prior to leaving for vacation, the product owner communicated that the documentation had been uploaded to the project file repository.
What should the project manager do to address this issue?
- A . Assign a team member to manage project artifacts.
- B . Audit the effectiveness of the management of project artifacts.
- C . Improve email communication protocols to manage project artifacts.
- D . Investigate new software tools used to manage project artifacts.
A project manager works for an organization that intends to begin using agile delivery, but there is a lack of support from some business units. The project manager needs to address the lack of trust in agile.
What should the project manager recommend?
- A . Implement and establish an agile framework for the project.
- B . Hire a team of contractors for agile project delivery.
- C . Define detailed work instructions for agile project delivery.
- D . Negotiate special arrangements for an agile pilot project.
A project is ready to start, and resources are allocated. The development manager then informs the project manager that a critical resource is no longer available due to a family emergency. The development manager indicates that all other developers have been assigned to other projects, and there is no capacity for any developer to take on additional work.
What should the project manager do next to fulfill this resource need?
- A . Determine resource allocation options based on project priority.
- B . Apply changes to the existing resource allocations and inform the development manager.
- C . Meet with the sponsor to determine how to rebaseline the schedule.
- D . Inform the sponsor of the situation and request an extension of the target completion date.
A project manager holds periodic progress review meetings to discuss issues.
What should the project manager do first on the agenda?
- A . Produce lessons learned documentation.
- B . Elaborate the risk mitigation strategy and risk register.
- C . Formulate project management plan integration.
- D . Update resolution approaches and action assignments.
A project is starting its second iteration out of six. During the daily meeting, a team member asks for help. In order to finish a deliverable, an approval from the design department will be needed.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Meet with the design manager to ask for the necessary approval.
- B . Invite a design team member to the next daily meeting.
- C . Update the issue log and escalate it to the project sponsor.
- D . Replace this iteration deliverable for one without any blockers.
A company is going through structural changes. A couple of people will leave the company as their positions were made redundant. The team members are unhappy as they do not understand why the changes are being made when the project is on track.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Advise the team to continue their work as planned because the schedule cannot be changed.
- B . Organize a team meeting to discuss the changes and their importance for the company.
- C . Advise the team that the changes were decided by the CEO and must be implemented.
- D . Inform the project sponsor about the team’s unhappiness and ask for overtime pay.
An important national project is in (he execution phase. A time constraint activity must be conducted on-site by a specialist from another country. Due to travel restrictions, the specialist cannot perform the activity on-site. The activity cannot be completed without the specialist’s expertise. The project team is actively seeking assistance in order to complete the job on time.
What should the project manager do to help the project team?
- A . Reschedule the project until the local travel restrictions are lifted.
- B . Schedule virtual sessions with the specialist to guide the team in completing the activity.
- C . Seek additional budget to train the project team on the required skill set.
- D . Refer to the organization’s lessons learned repository and find an alternative solution.
During iteration two of a project with two teams {A and B), the project manager is concerned that there are two critical activities from team A that must be started in iteration four. Additionally, these two activities are dependent on an activity from team B that has not yet been prioritized.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Ensure team B prioritizes the dependent activity in iteration three.
- B . Include the dependent activity in the current iteration for team B.
- C . Assign the two critical activities to team B in iteration two.
- D . Cancel the current iteration and reschedule it with the dependent activity.
A project manager is leading a hybrid project. The only available resources that have experience with agile are not at the project manager’s location. The project has a strict schedule and budget, and the project manager is concerned about their ability to deliver it.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Request a budget extension to get local resources experienced in agile.
- B . Plan to have the agile resources temporarily relocate to the project manager’s location.
- C . Engage the agile resources through video conferencing on a daily basis.
- D . Advise the sponsor that the project will be delayed as agile training will be required.