A project manager is appointed to manage an infrastructure project that spans
across several countries, including different time zones within a subregion. It is likely that most of the project team members will never meet, but they will have to collaborate to ensure deliverables are met.
What should the project manager do to ensure good collaboration between the remote project team members?
A team member is always late to work. The project manager is concerned that this may affect the motivation of other team members The project manager tells the new team member to align with the team's principles and arrive on time
What kind of conflict resolution did the project manager apply in this situation?
A project manager is using a hybrid approach for a project. The project team created and reviewed the risk tog with the stakeholders at the beginning of the project However midway through the project, the project team and stakeholders became misaligned with the risks and mitigation strategies
When should the risks be reviewed to ensure alignment between the project team and the stakeholders'?
A project manager is leading a software development project. Recently, team members have complained that during the last few dally standup meetings, a key stakeholder frequently interrupts, requests explanations, and proposes unplanned changes. This issue is frustrating the project team and slowing down me work.
What should the project manager do?
A project sponsor has requested a trend analysis of all risks that the project has
monitored over the past 12 months. What should the agile project manager do?
A new project manager has been assigned to an environmental project. After
reviewing the project plan, the project manager notices that health and safety requirements have not been properly addressed. This is a serious concern, and the project manager wants to fix this issue immediately.
Why is this situation problematic?
A project manager is leading an electrical project that spans five towns. The project
manager is informed by the team that one of the towns is not allowing the team to work there even though the town was included in stakeholder engagements before the start of the project.
What should the project manager do?
An agile project manager is evaluating the method that will be used to display the
value of the work performed to date. Which method will they select to display to the project stakeholder?
During the sprint planning of a project, the team members have a disagreement
about the comparative size of the backlog items and if they would fit into the next sprint.
Considering a hybrid approach, what should the project manager do?
In a hybrid project, 100 new base stations are being added to a 4G mobile network
every month. At the end of the first month, the team is behind the target and the operator is
losing money. The stakeholders are requesting information on when the base stations can go
live and begin to bill.
What should the project manager do to take the schedule back and accelerate the return on
investment (ROI) of the project?
A project manager is instructed by the project sponsor to draft the project charter. The project sponsor asks the project manager to involve a particular stakeholder m order to provide necessary resources However, the stakeholder is refusing to get involved because the stakeholder thinks mat there is no benefit m using the project deliverable
What should the project manager do to resolve this?
A project manager is assigned to a project related to taxes, which will be managed
using an agile approach. By reviewing lessons learned from a previous project, the project
manager discovers that a key stakeholder is an expert on taxes and is willing to help.
How should the project manager leverage this information?
In an ongoing project, stakeholders have been approaching team members for status
reports and changes without consulting the project manager. What should the project
manager do to ensure a successful project?
A project is in the execution phase During a few planning sessions the team brought up dependencies and risks based on their knowledge of other project. The project manager also received questions from the company in terms of how and when the team planned to perform acceptance testing and training activities
What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is managing two integrated projects in a program A key integration point is misaligned, which has resulted in delays. One of the team's integration leads is a subject matter expert (SME) m this integration area. The other team's integration lead is not a SME but is more senior and has worked on the project longer Both team leads are blaming each other
What should the project manager do first to resolve this situation?
A customer asks the project manager about opportunities to create business value.
What should the project manager do first in order to provide the customer with an appropriate
response?
A project leader is assigned to a new project and is asked to assemble an effective
five-member agile team. If the project leader has no restrictions, which team should they
choose?
Toward the end of a protect the project manager did not receive approval from a key stakeholder because the necessary deliverables were not functioning as expected. What should the project manager do next?
A project manager working on a large-scale network implementation is frustrated
with the hardware supplier. Their deliveries have been consistently late and frequently do not have vital components. The project manager's company has decided to cancel the contract and move to a new supplier, but the only other option is an overseas company.
What should the project manager do first to proceed with this change?
As a project is reaching completion, the project sponsor tells the project manager to
immediately close the project and to move on to another project. Which critical task should the
project manager complete before closing the project?
A project manager has been assigned to a project that is in progress. The project
manager is looking for information regarding why the project is being completed.
What should the project manager do first?
A concerned project team member complains to the project manager that another team member is being disruptive and argumentative during team meetings. The project manager received some information that the team member recently overcame a difficult personal situation.
What should the project manager do to address the concem9
A project manager realizes that the team members are new to the hybrid approach and do not value standup meetings. Team members often arrive late. Digress into solutioning. or skip the meetings altogether.
How should the project manager improve this situation with the project team?
In a software project using an agile approach, there have recently been work
overruns. After assessing the situation, the project manager concluded that the overruns are
occurring because of insufficiently refined product backlog items.
What should the project manager do to correct this issue?
An issue reoccurs six months after a project's go-live date despite being resolved
during the project life cycle. What should the project manager have done in the previous
phase to avoid this issue?
A project manager has been hired to help coordinate an ongoing project Historically the biggest problem as reported by the company's CEO is that the change request process has been handled by managers who did not have dear information on the project schedule and budget. This information has been inconsistent and handled by finance, risk. and functional subject matter experts (SMEs)
What should the project manager do to control this situation?
A project manager works at an organization that is transitioning to agile The development team has recommended using a burndown chart to provide visibility on project progress to all stakeholders.
What should the project manager do to ensure effective communication throughout the project?
A project manager is working on a cost-reimbursable contract from the client's side. During project execution the project manager notices a major deliverable is missing. The project manager raises this with the seller but the seller advises the project manager that the subject deliverable is not part of the contract. The project manager remembers negotiating and agreeing to this deliverable during the tender process but cannot find it in the contract
What should the project manager do?
A team member has encountered a technical issue similar to the one faced in a successfully closed project However, the team member did not know about the previous project arte would like to resolve the issue on their own
What should the project manager 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 manager has heard about the large volume of emails the team receives each day which prevents them from doing project work. One team member has stated that they would like to be able to access project-related information when needed
To what type of communication is the team member referring?
A project manager for an iterative project received feedback from an on-site team member that the virtual team was not meeting the deliverables on time. The project manager gathered details on what the status report should contain m order to track deliverables
What is the remedial action the project manager should take?
Organizational downsizing has resulted in the key subject matter expert (SME) resource leaving a multiyear project. What should the project manager do?
A few key stakeholders are concerned about how the prefect team is planning to develop some features tor a new product. They know that the requirements associated with these features are unstable but are also highly strategic for adding value to the product and the customer.
What should the project manager do?
Vendor A submitted a bid for US$500,000. There is a 65% probability that the
vendor will deliver behind schedule with a cost overrun of US$ 100,000. The vendor will come
in ahead of schedule for a savings of US$50,000.
What should the project manager determine as the value of the vendor's bid?
The project manager realizes that the product owner has a lot of potential but is lacking communication skills. How should the project manager help the product owner to develop these skills while executing the project?
During a product demo with key stakeholders, the team identifies that one of the functionalities failed to perform as expected What should the project manager have the project team do first to address the issue?
A complex, high-value agile project includes sprint demonstrations with the customer
every four weeks. Executive management is concerned about the project's progress and
wants more frequent updates on the project status.
What should the project manager do?
In an agile product development environment, work is distributed to Cities A, B, and
C, which are geographically dispersed. The small teams work and collaborate to deliver the
sprints.
• City A's team focuses on the features of data capture.
• City B's team focuses on the user experience and development pieces.
• City C's team coordinates testing.
What should the project manager do to ensure a successful rollout of sprints?
A regulatory branch of an environmental government agency has recently placed a ban on the manufacturing of a specified thickness of plastic packaging products. This ban will take effect in 12 months. The project manager for a startup firm working in alternative packaging has been monitoring the progress of this law for a while and. as part of the risk management, has identified new products that can support a growing customer base.
What should the project manager do next?
A new building project is in the middle of its life cycle. The municipality informs the project manager that due to new regulations, the parking lot around the project has to accommodate twice the number of cars than was initially planned.
What should the project manager do next?
An agile leader notices that one team member consistently fails to complete the deliverables on time The agile leader suspects that this team member does not have the proper training.
What should the agile leader do?
A new manufacturing line project is planned to be delivered in iterations tor the equipment installation phase. During one of the iterations the vendor communicates to the project manager that they will not be able to deliver some of the equipment at the agreed dates.
What should the project manager do next?
During a project kick-off meeting the project manager tells team members that they can attend a weekly progress meeting either from home or the office. Which intangible stakeholder engagement quality is the project manager embracing to manage relationships?
During the setup of an agile project, the product owner expressed clear interest in
having features released during product development over having the product completed in
one year. What should the project manager do?
A project manager submits several requests to purchase required hardware and
knows from previous experience that this kind of procurement usually results in disputes
between the company and its suppliers. How can the project manager mitigate this risk in the
request for proposal (RFP) with suppliers?
A member of the board of directors has asked the project manager for the estimated cost of the minimum viable product (MVP). The estimated cost is needed in order to get formal approval for this project
How should the project manager report this cost?
A project manager has been assigned with initiating a large project to deliver complex equipment Part of the project will be the result of a long research process, but once this is completed, the other part of the project must be incrementally delivered to the customer.
Which approach should the project manager choose for this project?
A new privacy law will go into effect at the beginning of the next calendar year. The project manager realizes the project needs to be compliant with the new law. What should the project manager do next?
A team lead has been highly engaged and involved in a project and is operating without a chain of command or authority levels What is the team lead dang1?
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