A project manager finds a mistake with an important server acquisition. The acquisition was expected for a critical path activity but has not arrived yet, causing significant impacts on time and cost. The team member responsible for this activity argues that they sent several emails to the supplier but received no reply.
Which document should be used to help avoid this kind of situation?
#31
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
In an agile project, the team planned to complete 40 story points in an iteration, but only completed 30 story points. What is the schedule performance index (SPI)?
#32
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
After 35 years of service, a company’s CEO has retired. The new CEO is planning to digitally transform the company and has assigned a new project manager to assist in this endeavor. The initial backlog has been created and agreed upon, and the team members have been assigned.
What should the project manager do before the project kick-off meeting?
#33
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A company is starting a new agile project with a team that has expertise working on these kinds of projects. During the backlog refinement meeting, the team realizes that they are not completing the estimations because some key information is missing.
What should the project manager do?
#34
Answer: C✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager is involved with a project to remodel a long-used product. There are no proper records for the original design and execution of the original product. The stakeholders doubt that the remodel can be accomplished without this information and are hesitant to provide support for the project.
What should the project manager do?
#35
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
At a daily standup on the second day of the sprint, the product owner asks one of the developers to add more functionality to a product backlog item that was committed to in the sprint planning. The product owner explains that the change is based on a discussion they had with a user, is critical, and should be delivered in the next release.
What should the project manager do?
#36
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A product owner is trying to understand how many of the user stones have been completed within a 2-week sprint. How should the project manager approach this situation?
#37
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager is part of a cross-functional agile team. Throughout the project, it has become obvious that team members from different functional units have different perspectives of what the outcome should be.
What should the project manager do to resolve this?
#38
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager is starting a new project, and the project team is located in different countries. The team was going to use a specific tool to hold virtual meetings. However, that tool is not available in one team member's country.
How should the project manager deal with this situation?
#39
Answer: C✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project presently in the testing stage is nearing the closing phase, which will transition the completed project to the company's operations support team. However, many new members have just been added to the operations support team who are not familiar with the project and the project's acceptance is now at risk.
What should the project manager do to mitigate this transition risk?
#40
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager has access to risk management tools but chooses to use a quantitative method to evaluate the project risks. During project execution, the project sponsor asks for an updated risk matrix.
What should the project manager do next?
#41
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
In a highly politicized organizational environment, the stakeholders are driven by their own operational or business goals, which results in conflicting interests regarding the project. What should the project manager do to steer the stakeholders toward the collective project goal?
#42
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
An agile project is running its second iteration out of six. A marketing director, who is a key stakeholder, contacts the project lead for a high-level report of the project.
What should the project lead do?
#43
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager has recently moved to an organization to lead a key project. The project manager notices that team performance is below the target, and the tasks assigned are not delivered on time. Team commitment is also not as appropriate as it should be.
What should the project manager do?
#44
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager has commissioned a design study from a consulting firm to investigate a number of alternatives. The project manager has a strict policy on the cost of the study and has established a number of cost triggers and trend analyses.
Which tool is the project manager using?
#45
Answer: C✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A major issue about conflicting priorities has been highlighted by the project team with regard to a few stakeholder requirements. What should the project manager do?
#46
Answer: C✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
An agile project team discovers that they are unable to implement a feature completely in the first iteration. The team believes it may not be able to complete the tasks in the second iteration. The feature is a critical component that the customer has prioritized.
What should the team do?
#47
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
An agile team wants to maximize the work delivered for the upcoming project that involves considerable product complexity. What should the project manager do to help improve the team's collaboration approach?
#48
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A global company hired a project manager for a new implementation at all of its sites. After reviewing the business case and project charter, the project manager notes that the project team has different locations and regions to consider.
What should the project manager do to address this situation?
#49
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager is managing a project for a government owned company using an iterative approach. The first useful release to production consisted of three iterations. Each iteration was successfully checked by the client's representatives in the test environment. However, when the team started deploying to the production environment, the security team declined it.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?
#50
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
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?
#51
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
During the execution phase of a project, one of the customer's stakeholders keeps requesting changes to the scope every week. Which three actions should the project manager take to resolve this issue? (Choose three.)
#52
Answer: ABE✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager for an IT company starts a project with members distributed across five different countries and four different time zones. In the first meetings with the sponsor and some stakeholders, the project manager notices that people do not join the meetings on time, have internet connection issues, or experience language barriers during some conversations.
What should the project manager do to improve communication among the team?
#53
Answer: C✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager is assigned midway through a project. The team members are in different locations across the country and they are unable to meet in-person often. During a status review meeting, one of the stakeholders highlighted that they were unaware of the status for the project deliverables.
What should the project manager do first?
#54
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project that has to be delivered by the targeted date has been delayed due to an unforeseen risk occurrence. How should the project manager compress the project to ensure the completion date is not affected?
#55
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
In a functional organization, a product analyst is assigned to a short-duration application development effort. The analyst expresses concerns about the task and asks the project manager to provide the support of a peer with expertise in this domain.
What should the project manager do?
#56
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A project manager works in an organization that wants to implement agile methods. Traditionally, the project progress was communicated via a weekly email to stakeholders. The development team uses a burndown chart and a kanban board to visualize progress.
What should the project manager do?
#57
Answer: B✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A customer requests additional changes 1 day before the planned change date. How should the project manager respond to the change request?
#58
Answer: D✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
A company is transitioning from a predictive approach to an agile approach. A project manager is assigned to the first pilot with an inexperienced team. Due to an unexpected event, the whole team is asked to work remotely. During the second sprint, the project manager starts to notice a lack of commitment from the team members.
What should the project manager do in this situation as a servant leader?
#59
Answer: A✅ Correct❌ Incorrect
An agile team has been assigned to a project that mandates the implementation of changes to key government products. The team has been given 6 months to fulfill this mandate.
What should the team lead do next?