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In an agile project, the team decided to have a rotating group of facilitators for the daily scrum. Overall, most of the facilitators have grown and done well in this role; however, a few of them tend to run inefficient daily scrums.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Retrain all team members on daily scrum facilitation to ensure there is consistency in the approach.
- B . Ask the facilitators who are doing well to continue and recommend that the others stop facilitating.
- C . Praise the team for self-organizing and growing, then work one-on-one with the facilitators, as needed.
- D . Return to using the scrum master as the facilitator for the daily scrums now that the trial period is over.
A company has appointed a supplier to deliver software and has assigned an internal project manager. The supplier states that no technical development or testing is required from the customer. The project manager would like to confirm this with all of the stakeholders.
What should the internal project manager do first?
- A . Distribute the project plan to all of the interested parties.
- B . Host an alignment session with stakeholders to formalize the project requirements.
- C . Communicate to the supplier that customer testing is required.
- D . Develop a user acceptance testing plan to ensure the quality of the deliverables.
DRAG DROP
An experienced project manager is overseeing a merger and acquisition project. The project manager reacted differently to different threats identified on the project
Drag the mitigation strategy on the left to the project manager’s actions on the right
A project with a hard timeline is starting its first iteration out of six. The project team is lacking the necessary skills to execute.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Allow the team to proceed as they attempt to meet the timeline.
- B . Add a subject matter expert (SME) to the project team.
- C . Invite stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan to finish on time.
- D . Fill the skill gap personally to execute the project.
A team shared a complaint regarding the scrum master during the last sprint review. The team expressed that they were delayed because the scrum master did not remove impediments, such as scheduling some meetings with external teams and obtaining a room to work collaboratively, among other critical blockers.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Request an additional resource to assist in solving all of the impediments listed by the team.
- B . Determine and agree when a situation becomes an impediment to be solved by the scrum master.
- C . Request the team review and prioritize the open impediments to resolve all of them as soon as possible.
- D . Push back, explaining that a self-organized team should address all of the problems to get the work done.
A project manager is working on a complex project with a high degree of change.
What strategy should the project manager use to ensure a successful project completion?
- A . Update the project management plan to reduce the possibility of scope creep.
- B . Schedule a regular risk review with the project management team.
- C . Increase the active engagement and participation of key stakeholders.
- D . Create a project change roadmap to keep track of all unforeseen changes.
A project manager assigned team members to work in pairs on a large amount of technical reports. At times, the project manager noticed that important information was not shared properly among the team. This has caused delivery delays and, ultimately, the failure to complete the project.
What is the root cause of this issue?
- A . Lack of team member training on documentation planning
- B . Improper assignment of tasks to team member pairings
- C . Incorrect communication techniques applied during implementation
- D . Team cohesiveness was lost because team members worked in pairs
A project manager is part of a balanced matrix project organization. The project manager will receive all work performance updates directly from the new sourcing department head who has no time to spare to give the project manager the information.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Request information directly from the sourcing department team members.
- B . Present the situation to the manager of the sourcing department head.
- C . Discuss the situation with the company project sponsor for advice.
- D . Work out a resolution in consultation with the sourcing department head.
An agile team has released the second version of its product, but the feedback is that the software has many bugs that compromise the user experience.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Facilitate the next retrospective meeting, focusing the team on analyzing root causes and proposing solutions.
- B . Closely evaluate the skill set of the team, looking for technical gaps that need to be filed in order to improve quality.
- C . Hire an external consultancy firm to focus on testing and quality control to avoid the issue in the future.
- D . Propose an internal program that offers incentives for the team members who find and fix bugs.
A project manager assigned to an education project needs to train a workforce in application development. The customer is responsible for providing the training center, and the deadline to start the first training is in 2 weeks. The customer calls to say that the center will not be available in 2 weeks due to some unforeseen problems.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Apply the terms and conditions of the contract with penalties.
- B . Issue a change request to reflect the anticipated date for training.
- C . Help the customer find an alternative location to start the training.
- D . Update the project schedule with the new date for training.