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During project implementation, one team finds out that a key project deliverable was not budgeted.
What should the project manager do first?
- A . Escalate the issue to the project sponsor for resolution.
- B . Meet with the team to discuss alternatives.
- C . Hold the team accountable and ask for an immediate solution.
- D . Remove the deliverable from the project scope.
A large project requires new equipment to support the project execution. The procurement manager communicated to the project manager that the delivery of the newly purchased equipment will be delayed. The project manager is concerned that this will directly effect the project schedule.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Validate the information and update the risk management plan.
- B . Update the risk register and discuss it with the project stakeholders. b
- C . Source second-hand equipment in order to prepare for any delivery delays.
- D . Update the sponsor of the potential issue and ask for any suggestions.
Knowledge sharing has been a key priority for a complex technological project with a large number of team members. During the project execution phase, the project manager receives numerous complaints from all team members that they are overloaded with knowledge-sharing emails, which contain useful information but are unmanageable due to the high volume.
What should the project manager do to solve this problem?
- A . Establish an unofficial communications method for the team to share knowledge and lessons learned.
- B . Establish a pull communications method to access knowledge repositories and lessons learned.
- C . Establish an interactive communications method between stakeholders to share knowledge and lessons learned.
- D . Establish a push communications method for the team to share knowledge and lessons learned.
An agile team is working on a 2-week sprint to deliver business value. About 1 week after the sprint starts, the team members do not feel confident about the product increment they are building. They do not want to wait until the end of the sprint and want to validate the product increment with the product owner now.
What should the project manager do to mitigate this risk?
- A . Extend the sprint end date in anticipation of feedback from the product owner that will require extra work.
- B . Schedule an additional interim demo with the product owner.
- C . Address the issue as part of the retrospective.
- D . Ask the team to work overtime toward the end of the sprint to meet the original sprint end date.
A project sponsor commonly asks the project manager to skip project retrospectives due to time constraints. However, the project manager persists in running this critical ceremony by reducing the time for preparation and for discussion.
What are two issues that these actions by the project manager could cause? (Choose two)
- A . Lessons learned from other teams to not be considered
- B . A lot of discussions that yield no results or possibly too many results
- C . A focus on the negative and a disinterest in further improvements
- D . A lack of direction and motivation for the team in the workshop
- E . Time management plan for the retrospective workshop to not be updated
After a recent status review meeting, the project manager becomes aware that an influential stakeholder is unclear about the purpose and benefits of the project Consequently, the stakeholder has questioned the viability of continuing the project.
What should the project manager do next to address the situation?
- A . Speak with the project sponsor to find out if the stakeholder would agree to a one-on-one review session
- B . Log the stakeholder’s comments in the risk register as a high-impact threat to the project’s completion
- C . Consider the stakeholder’s concerns and review the project charter with the project sponsor.
- D . Note the stakeholder’s concerns but disregard them with regard to the project activities.
A project manager discovers that the project team is spending a large amount of time delivering several reporting formats for the same project updates to multiple stakeholders.
What should the project manager do to reduce the time spent on these activities?
- A . Segment the types of communications to be delivered to different stakeholders.
- B . Update the communications management plan to remove less influential stakeholders.
- C . Hold biweekly status meetings to deliver information to all stakeholders at once.
- D . Delegate all of the stakeholder communications activities to a project team member.
A team has developed and tested new software to control airplanes during flights. There are several regulatory requirements that must be met.
What should the project manager do to meet these requirements?
- A . Determine potential threats regarding compliance with the regulations.
- B . Ask human resources (HR) to assign a compliance specialist to the team.
- C . Validate that the software is compliant with standards and regulations.
- D . Measure the extent to which the project complies with the regulations.
A company is working on a project to develop an integration of their existing systems.
There are known issues in production.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Identify and remove impediments and mitigate the risks.
- B . Ensure the product owner reviews requirements with the team.
- C . Include acceptance criteria in the definition of done (DoD).
- D . Review the quality control processes and procedures.
A facility extension project is in the execution stage. There is a project activity to connect the power of all new equipment to an existing facility, Point A, which requires a significant cable length. The construction team found that the power could be connected to Point B and save money.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Perform a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate using the Point B option.
- B . Add the issue to the change log and request additional budget through the change control board (CCB).
- C . Seek a decision from the construction team after explaining the project budget and schedule constraint.
- D . Use the Point B option because it will save the project cost and time.