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A project manager is assigned to a global project where, during the planning process, team members from different regions are not agreeing to collaborate with each other What should the project manager do?

While reviewing prototypes, the quality team found some deviations that do not affect the mam functionality but have the potential to be an issue in the future To avoid major problems in the future, the team recommends corrective actions that will require additional funds The project is already struggling to stay on budget and has even used some of the contingency reserves

What should the project manager do?

A team has been struggling with various issues during the course of an iteration. The project lead facilitates a discussion of the issues and the team forms new team agreements. During the next iteration, some of the same issues appear again

What should the project lead do next?

A project manager is starting a project using a hybrid approach and notices some team members only have knowledge of predictive approaches What does the project manager need to do first in order to have good project performance?

A geographically distributed project team has development issues between the collocated and virtual teams causing productivity to decrease. What should the project manager do to address this issue?

A project team is experiencing delays in completing a task that turned out to be more complex than initially estimated. This is a critical task that could impact current iteration goals

What two options will help the team initially address this obstacle? (Choose two)

A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the project tasks are very simple, there is no reason to perform quality control The project manager understands that removing the quality management plan from the project will also help to save money, which is important to the customer

What should the project manager do?

A project manager has been moved to a new division and is in charge of an existing project in an unfamiliar domain When attempting to gain an understanding of the risks for this agile project what is the primary tool the project manager should employ?

In an industrial plant, the owner has decided to add more capacity to the plant by installing a new machine and updating the software used in production. This capacity enlargement will occur while the plant is still functioning and producing The software update will be accomplished using an agile approach in order to minimize risk The machine procurement, installation, and integration will be accomplished using predictive approaches

What types of communications will the project manager have to design into the schedule management plan to ensure the project will be on schedule'’

An agile project is in its eighth iteration out of 16 After the last iteration review, the team members receive feedback from the security department about regulations with which the project must comply

Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

The project manager started a new project and must ensure that the team members and stakeholders are adequately trained. After an interview with the team, the project manager discovers that all resources have experience in different agile methodologies

What should the project manager do?

During project execution, the project manager discovered that a key deliverable was missing from the scope of work After investigation, the project manager and the team discovered that the missing deliverable will impact the critical path

What should the project manager do to avoid future delays?

A new agile team is forming and the project manager notices that the team is struggling in many areas The team is experiencing both the inability to meet iteration commitments and team member conflicts

What should the project manager do next?

A project manager is tracking a project, but a key stakeholder will not accept the project's key performance indicator (KPI) results Which tool or technique should the project manager use?

The sponsor is supportive in leveraging agile approaches The project manager is contemplating how to roll out the agile approach and gam buy-in from both project team members and stakeholders

What should the project manager do first?

A food company is developing a new product using a predictive approach, and the product is currently in the testing phase Given the nature of the feedback of the tests, the project manager has decided to use an iterative approach At the end of one of the iterations, a new regulation related to the product is enacted.

What should the project manager do next?

Project A is critical for the company and must be completed within nine months. The project charter has been signed but the project scope statement has not been prepared Management asks the project manager to move forward with the project without an approved project scope statement

What should the project manager do next?

A company is working on a project and is using a hybrid approach to streamline a customer service process. At the end of the second iteration, a business analyst joins the team to learn about the financial and scheduling aspects of project management.

What should the project manager do to support the business analyst?

During the last sprint review the product owner stated that the product does not deliver any value The project manager believes that the product meets all the provided specifications

The team is confused by the product owner's statement

What should the project manager do when using a hybrid approach?

A project manager has received an updated earned value analysis report The following are the key findings from the report

•Budget at completion = USS1 million

•Earned value = US$0 7 million

•Actual cost = US$0 75 million

•Cost performance index = 0 933

Based on this information, what should the project manager conclude about project performance'?

A project manager is working on the implementation of new phases in the production process of a regulated industry. Which two stakeholders can help the project manager determine and address compliance requirements? (Choose two)

During the daily meetings with the team the project manager notices that a new team member is not making the expected progress on an assigned task What should the project manager do?

During an inspection, the production phase was stopped because the inspector claimed that regulatory labels were missing. What should the project manager do?

A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped

What should the project manager do?

A project manager has been assigned to lead a project to deploy a new system. The stakeholders disagree on the project objectives and approach.

What should the project manager do?

In a newly formed project team one experienced team member is overwhelmed by the complexity of the tasks and is not happy with the project team. What should the project manager do?

A verbal announcement is made that the new team member joining the Scrum team has limited mobility The scrum master is aware that some team members are unsure how the dynamics of the team will change

What should the scrum master do?

After reviewing the project management plan with key stakeholders, the project manager was told that an 18-month release plan was unacceptable and the product should launch in six months. Based on the new timeline, what should the project manager do?

An executive sponsor of a predictive project asked a project manager experienced in agile to assess if a project could be executed using an agile approach What factor should the project manager consider when determining if the project is suitable for an agile approach?

A company was awarded a project in a dangerous location that poses several high-level risks for employees Help is needed to tram the employees on major safety and health factors The project is ongoing and uses a hybrid approach The project will be conducted in multiple sites, with several development iterations running in parallel

How should the project manager handle this situation?

During a daily standup meeting, a roadblock was raised that is preventing one of the team members from proceeding with work The project manager figures out that it is due to a technical issue.

What should the project manager do to prioritize this critical impediment?

A project manager has a team of shared resources from other projects who are working on a client project Three days before the project is due. The team informs the project manager that the project will be delayed because a component was not delivered on time Competing priorities of the shared resources are delaying delivery of the component

What should the project manager have done to prevent this delay from happening?

After the second iteration of a component development project, the project team conducts a retrospective It shows that in the initial phase the project has failed to comply with a product functionality. The planning for this product has a predominantly predictive approach.

Which technique will help the project manager to accelerate the deliverable?

An agile team member received certification on a new tool: however, this learn member is complaining that the rest of the team is not using the tool due to lack of knowledge How should the servant leader apply emotional intelligence to leverage this situation to benefit the project?

The project sponsor of a major initiative is consistently changing the prioritization of modular work packages The team is used to three week sprints and is becoming increasingly frustrated with the daily changes in scope>

What should the project manager do?

A project manager invites the company CEO, sponsor, team members, and an external client representative to a meeting to review the project management plan. The project manager starts to present the budget but the CEO suddenly asks to end the meeting

What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

A marketing team is planning for a multiyear initiative that will include a lot of cross-functional stakeholders The project manager has been assigned and is now in the project planning phase

What item(s) should the project manager develop first?

During a retrospective meeting a project manager hears that stakeholders have been constantly complaining at iteration demos about product features not being delivered as requested. What advice should the project manager give to the Product owner to ensure that product features are always delivered as requested?

A learn has been working for two months and has consistently missed planned user stories How should the project manager address this issue?

During the planning stage of a project the project manager realizes that a standard stakeholder engagement approach will not suffice One of the client representatives, who is not a key decision maker, is extremely opinionated This client representative could become a roadblock to progress due to their perceived level of authority during meetings

How should the project manager handle this moving forward?

During the execution phase of a healthcare IT project, stakeholders made a change request regarding user requirements There is no remaining budget available to cover that change request.

What should the project manager do next?

A few months into a project, several schedule issues have emerged Drag the schedule problems on the left to the specific tools on the right that if implemented during schedule development could have prevented the issues.

A project manager is managing a complex research project with a high level of uncertainty A request is made to implement a mechanism to measure the quality of the deliverables.

Using a hybrid approach, what techniques can be used to achieve this goal?

A project manager is assigned to lead a newly formed agile team. The functional manager has assigned tasks to team members, but the team members do not feel empowered.

How can the project manager promote empowerment and accountability among the team?

A project manager is struggling to figure out the performance of the project teams in an agile environment for the same scope of work, team A has calculated 100 story points and team B has calculated 125 story points

Which team is performing better?

A project manager is having difficulty acquiring final acceptance of some deliverables from a stakeholder for reasons that seem to be outside of the project acceptance criteria. What should the project manager do?

A company is using a predictive approach for the development of a particular component as defined in the scope management plan Due to regularly changing regulatory requirements, the development team has requested to utilize agile approaches

What should the project manager do about the development team's request"?

A member of the board of directors is the sponsor of a project that is important to the organization This stakeholder has many other priorities and is not currently engaged in the project activities

How should the stakeholder be engaged in the project?

In a multinational multi location project with virtual teams a project manager has established a project baseline The project manager discovers that multiple risk elements have appeared. The project manager did not foresee these risks during the planning stage of the project.

What should the project manager calculate to address this critical budgetary situation? (Choose two)

During daily calls team members share task progress One team member does not usually communicate many details and has critical tasks to be completed All team members are located in different countries and critical work is about to start Which two options will help the project manager in this situation? (Choose two)