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A project manager is assigned to oversee the deployment of a new product that

will be used by the entire organization. A key success factor for the project is the timely

and successful adoption of the new solution by all entities.

What should the project manager do to ensure the success of this critical project?

On a transformational project, the project manager is confronted with resistance

from the stakeholders. To overcome this and gain acceptance of the change, what should

the project manager do first?

A project sponsor receives project information and updates in a timely manner, but

the sponsor is concerned because key information is missing in the reports. What should the

project manager do?

A local company is developing a new product and. for the first time, using a remote team for the programming tasks of features. The design for the product comes from the local team. During the third sprint review, the product owner has concerns about the project's outcomes. The remote development team is complaining that they do not clearly understand the requirements conveyed in the daily standup meetings.

How should the project manager address this situation?

An agile team is making infrastructure changes to the human resources (HR) application system. Conflicting requirements are being submitted by various stakeholders.

What should the project manager do to help move the project forward?

For an ongoing project, match the key performance indicators (KPIs) on the left to the correct categories on the right.

A project started 12 months ago and is currently on iteration 12 of 14. The team

has performed well and completed all deliverables on time. However, some team members

are starting to complain about the length of the project, creating a risk for lack of

performance at this critical stage.

What should the project manager do as a servant leader to mitigate this risk?

A project manager has received a new request to integrate more features to a product. The team is fully allocated, and there is no budget to acquire new resources.

What strategy should the project manager implement to deal with this situation?

A project is nearing completion The contingency time has been consumed To ensure that the final deliverables are achieved fhin budget, the project manager has asked the team to follow a rigorous process This Is causing some resistance among the team members.

What should the project manager do to address the growing resistance?

A project manager joins a startup and discovers that the chief technology officer (CTO) encourages the team to overlook some procedures in the interest of speed. What should the project manager do to ensure that all the procedures are followed in the future?

A project is delayed due to multiple problems discovered during the quality review. Every time the team addresses one problem, additional problems are encountered. This is

frustrating for both the project team and the project sponsor, who are driven to meet the dates and results expected by the organization.

What should the project manager do?

A project manager is tasked with managing a customer relationship management (CRM) implementation project. The project charter is approved, and the project is now in the planning phase. The project manager meets withthe stakeholders several times to gather the initial requirements. However, each time they meet, the stakeholders provide additional information that is different from what they provided earlier. The stakeholders are becoming frustrated, and the sponsor is now unresponsive.

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

While developing a new product, a key stakeholder expresses concern about

insufficient information on product feature requirements. The product team disagrees and

mentions that detailed requirements have been provided.

What should the project manager do to handle this situation?

An events company is planning their annual event for a retirement fund. The organization has run the event planning using agile approaches for the last 3 years. During the initiation phase, while assessing possible risks and improvements for the event, the project manager uses previous event feedback to assist in developing the risk register.

Which ceremony should be used in developing this register?

A project manager is preparing a project closure report. The project sponsor is confident about the success of the project, but the client is not sure that the project outputs will achieve their business needs.

Which aspect should the project manager highlight in the closure report to address the stakeholder's concern?

Two team members were recently released from a project because the customer reduced the budget. However, the agile team is still receiving the same, if not more, work requirements as before.

How should the agile project leader resolve this situation?

During a project status update by the project management office (PMO), the CEO is concerned that the status of all projects suddenly changed from green to red, without warning. Upper management is used to reading traditional reports related to progress and cost, and they want to continue viewing this information.

How should the PMO implement a better way to report the project's health?

The business manager and the product owner are requesting a more flexible way to incorporate changes into the product baseline They are concerned about losing time to market with respect to other vendors

What should the project manager do?

A project manager and a stakeholder have different opinions on the budget estimates for a project that is being initiated based on a new consumer privacy law. What would be a reason for this difference in opinion?

A new agile project manager is trying to determine how the team is performing against the schedule for a release. Which tool will provide a deeper look into the team's progress?

A project manager is managing a project which is approaching the end of the execution phase. A high-level stakeholder informs the project manager that a very important requirement was not included in the scope of the project, and that without that requirement the project will deliver no value.

What is the first thing the project manager should do"?

A company Is helping their client launch an Innovative product. During the sprint review, the product owner identifies that the product does not include key features that were previously prioritized as part of the product backlog.

What should the project manager do next?

A project manager is leading a new agile project. The requirements for the first sprint have been defined and the work is about to start.

What should the project manager do next?

An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of 10. After the last retrospective, the team members realize that they had to work extra hours to deliver the committed work What should the project manager do?

A project is ending and the final deliverables have been accepted by the customer. The project team is pleased that the project was a success: however, some groups within the customer's organization believe the objective of the project was not met.

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

A project manager is assigned to a technical research project. The project team has

already been assigned, and the main subject matter expert (SME) sends the project

manager a list of the technical skills required for the execution of this project.

What should the project manager do next?

A project manager has been asked to participate in the procurement process for a

software application that allows customers to buy online e-learning courses. The project

manager will take over the project once the supplier has been sourced.

What should the project manager do before the project starts?

An operations manager continuously raises concerns about a project's benefits to the company While some concerns are valid most of the time these concerns have caused delays in project meetings

How should the project manager handle this'?

A project manager is managing an internal project that was poorly defined. Recently, the project manager received several change requests raised by the organization's upper management.

What should the project manager do first?

During a project review meeting, the project sponsor is worried that the protect may not be delivering results as planned Based on that the project manager is evaluating the project status. What information should the project manager use as an indicator that the project is actually delivering value?

A project manager has joined a company m an unfamiliar industry and has been given a strategically important project Being new, and not fully understanding the interdependences of the various departmental work items, the project manager is unsure of how to plan the project

How should the project manager proceed?

A project is successfully delivering its product outcomes, and the customer satisfaction rating is high. However, during an internal audit, it is discovered that certain essential process documents and approvals are missing, and the project is evaluated as being noncompliant.

What should the project manager do next?

A project manager is new to hybrid project management and is worried about the project because it has a high level of requirements uncertainty. The team has experience with hybrid projects, performs daily standups, and is committed to the project. The project manager is concerned about losing control of the project and would like to have a more central role.

How should the project manager address this issue?

A project manager is managing a hybrid project A stakeholder has directly contacted a team member and has requested a change Due to the request, the team member was distracted from their work, which caused a loss in productivity.

What should the team member do?

A junior project manager with experience in predictive projects has joined a company that uses hybrid approaches for project delivery. A senior project manager with experience in hybrid approaches is assigned to be a coach. Match the activity descriptions on the left to the correct tools on the right.

A project sponsor asks the project team to add an enhancement to the project How should the project manager address this request?

A project manager is working with an agile team. A key stakeholder who does not

join the sprint planning session is very unhappy, as the delivery date for the final product has

been pushed back three times. What should the project manager do?

A new team member is hired and the training is taking longer than expected. This impacts the overall project performance.

What immediate action should the project manager take to improve the situation?

A project manager finds that team members In an agile project are involved in several different projects due to budget constraints. What should the project manager do?

A project manager is assigned to a hybrid project involving multiple sectors. The sectors collaborated in the joint venture delivery facility.

The chief executive officer (CEQ) from each participating sector is a sponsor of the project. Each sector nominated project representatives, who in turn appointed a product owner who was the most experienced in delivering such projects.

Match the stakeholders on the left with the appropriate frequency for updates.

An organization uses a hybrid approach to project management. A project manager has been assigned to an external project, project A, where two of the three modules in the project require machine learning skills. The only machine learning expert in the project manager's organization is engaged in an internal project, project B, that is about to end.

What should the project manager do?

A company is leading a project to develop a new product using an agile approach. A supplier was contracted to provide a solution for oneof the product features based on mandatory scope, stable requirements, and fixed-price contract. During a meeting with the supplier, theproject manager was informed that the company's business analyst also asked the supplier to add a solution for another feature as part oftheir deliverable.

What should the project manager do?

The project manager has finished all the tasks of the project and immediately starts on a new project. A few months after beginning the new project, the accounting manager asks for confirmation of previous projects because the budget is still open with no further cash flows.

What should the project manager have done?

The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30%. Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources.

What strategy should the project manager use in order to keep delivering value in a restricted environment?

A company has hired a vendor to deliver a scope of work and assigned a project

manager to oversee the project. The vendor advised that they completed the scope

successfully and is asking for approval.

What should the project manager do in response to this request?

An agile team is working on a product deliverable in an organization that is transforming itself to quickly respond to change. The finance

team is requesting a project budget for the new product.

What should the team do to address this request?

A self-organizing team was delivering as committed. The team accepted a development task with new technology and the iterations started to have reduced velocity. What management decision is suited for this situation?

A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in danger of failing The stakeholders do not know the project status nor do they know what benefits will be delivered by the project.

How can the project manager convey these benefits to the stakeholders?

A newly hired team member just joined the project team and reports directly to the

project manager. In the first week, this new member tells the project manager that there is a

task priority conflict with hard, dependent tasks on the critical path.

What should the project manager do to handle the conflict?

A Scrum team working in an aircraft manufacturing company has completed Its first iteration for a critical project. It is very Important for the project sponsor to complete the project on time and under budget A burndown chart indicates that the project is behind schedule

Which two actions should the project manager take to manage Impediments and improve the team's velocity? (Choose two)