A project manager is assigned a 14 months long project. Before the start of the design phase, a competitor announces that they will release a similar deliverable in 6 months with fewer features and functionality… Which actions should the PM take next?
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?
While creating the work breakdown structure (WBS) with the team, the project manager highlights that the customer requested a proof of concept and will only continue the project based on the results of the proof of concept. A key team member insists that since the customer has a history of requesting proof of concepts and continuing with the projects, the team needs to plan for the whole project, not just the proof of concept. What should the project manager do?
A company operates on a 2-year budgeting cycle. The project manager has been assigned a high-visibility project to deliver a brand new, innovative capability. While the requirements for the new capability are defined, the solution design is only beginning. The project manager’s boss is concerned that the final solution will exceed the budget for the project. How should the project manager do next to anticipate the budget impacts of the solution?
Within a project, senior management is requesting project information so they can analyze the data to make project decisions. What information should the project manager provide so that senior management can get a broader view of the project?
A project presently in the testing stage is nearing the closing phase, which will transition the complete 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?
A company is building a minimum viable product (MVP). How can the project manager help to ensure the company builds a high-quality product?
A company is moving its headquarters to another city. The project manager responsible for the assignment has been using a predictive approach during the transition. However, the information systems will be migrated using an agile approach. The project manager needs to decide which kind of contract to sign with the vendor responsible for migrating the systems. The project manager is concerned about controlling finances while delivering results. How should the project manager address this situation?
A project manager is managing a project in the execution phase, which was agreed upon with the sponsor. However, the sponsor is constantly micromanaging and requesting iterations that are affecting the team’s effectiveness. The sponsor indicates that if the project scope is not affected, these iterations are needed to simplify the project. How should the project manager handle the situation?
A project manager works with a global virtual team. The team is facing difficulty in communicating with each other and often misses important messages. This difficulty leads to missed deadlines. What should the project manager do to enhance project team effectiveness?
After finalizing a complex project, the project manager notices that multiple risks became issues during the execution phase. Unfortunately, the project manager was not prepared to deal with them as they were low probability and impact risks. What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
A project in the execution phase is behind schedule and is missing some materials. The contractor submits an offer to supply the missing materials and reimburse the cost since the internal procurement process will cause more delay. The project manager doesn’t agree with the costs submitted by the contractor for the missing materials. What should the project manager do next?
A project manager had to schedule additional planning sessions to add requirements from an international stakeholder. The stakeholder expressed concern about the product not meeting the client’s needs. Which factor should the project manager have considered when developing the product?
A project team is working on the design of a solution for a complex project. Due to a lack of clarity of the customer’s requirements, daily meetings were agreed upon between the team and the customer. There are a few external contractors in the project who do not agree with this idea as they feel it is a waste of time. What should the project manager do?
A construction project to build a fish hatchery is in execution. The operations group notified the project manager about a concern that might turn into a potential issue; However, the concern could not be addressed.
In which project document should the project manager record the concern?
A key stakeholder for a construction project has been spending a lot of time at the site and interrupting the team’s efforts while carrying out their daily work. How should the project manager handle this issue?
A project is halfway through its execution phase. The quality specifications for the project deliverables are formally accepted. However, a key stakeholder is dissatisfied, stating that the deliverables do not meet the quality specifications. What should the project manager do in this situation?
During a meeting to define project scope, a stakeholder tells the project manager that the main requested feature in the contract is not applicable, and this is documented in the lessons learned. What should the project manager do?
A project is halfway through its execution phase. The quality specifications for the project deliverables are formally accepted. However, a key stakeholder is dissatisfied, stating that the deliverables do not meet the quality specifications. What should the project manager do in this situation?
A key project stakeholder does not attend any of the project meetings and is providing false information that the project team is not delivering on time. What should the project manager do to address this situation?
A project manager has taken over an existing project. According to the previous project manager, the project is on track and within budget. However, stakeholders are unhappy with the recent progress report since the metrics show that the project is delayed, and the cost is higher than expected. What should the project manager do?
A project stakeholder complained that they did not receive an important delivery that was stated in the schedule. The team member responsible for this deliverable explained that they sent an email to the stakeholder advising them that the deliverable would not be delivered on time. What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
A few major road project is starting, and the contractor has contractually committed to submitting regular status reports and participating in integration meetings. Halfway through the project lifecycle, the contractor stops participating in meetings and submitting reports, stating these items consume too much time.
What should the project manager do first?
Project reviews are done regularly in a project .The team has encountered a critical technical issue that will be discussed in the next project review.
Who should the project manager invite to the review for an effective decision on the way forward?
A project manager is working on a software development contract. The project is halfway through a 3-year contract when there is a change in the political landscape and 20% of the stakeholders are replace Almost immediately decisions become delayed, invoices go unpaid, and meetings become unmanageable. What tool would assist the project manager to better understand the new project landscape?
To estimate the costs of a new project that is similar to a project that was implemented last year, the project manager meets with a group of experts from the previous project. The group uses a three-point estimating technique. The project manager submits the estimated budget to the project sponsor for approval. The project sponsor, who is new to the company, is concerned because the budget exceeded their expectations. What should the project manager do?
In an agile project that is about 45% complete, most team members are siloed and lack an understanding of each other’s work. What would have most likely caused this communication breakdown?
A customer support team has planned short, iterative cycles for working on customer-reported issues. Recently, there was a surge of high-priority issues that disrupted the original plan, and the team’s manager is finding it difficult to manage the progress. Which approach should the project manager suggest using?
An agile project started 6 months ago. Since the beginning of the project, there have been disagreements among team members regarding daily meetings since some of the team members are not available at the same time. The project manager is convinced an agile team should be self-organizing, and that meeting times should be worked out by the team. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is working on a unique project that is dissimilar to the project nature of the organization. The project manager is tailoring the artifacts for this new project. Who should determine which artifacts should be used in the project?
A project sponsor asked the product owner to deliver a functionality that provides highest return on investment (ROI) asap. Which artifact should the project lead use to track benefits?
An organization need to implement a new regulation inquired by government with specific date when this regulation will be enforced; However, the government has only provided high-level information on the regulation’s requirements. Therefore, changes in definitions are to be expected due to uncertainty. Which life cycle should the project manager use for this project?
A company has transitioned to hybrid approach instead of predictive approach. The distributed project team’s agile knowledge is not consistent and varies from one team member to another. The project manager feels like this new methodology will impact the timely delivery of the project. What should the project manager do?
A project manager decides to present a product to key stakeholders after two iterations ONLY. The stakeholders’ feedback was that the team seemed to have missed the mark on many features. What should the project manager do to avoid this in the future?
A company is in need to implement a complex project while changing their current business model. The complex project requires multiple agile teams. What three options should the project manager have the testing team adopt as testing mechanisms?
A project manager has been assigned to a new project. The project schedule is extremely short. During an iteration review meeting, the key stakeholder mentions that they are experiencing some inefficiencies in their work processes. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is assigned to a project. There was a lot of conflict regarding the status of the project and compliance with international regulations. During a regular meeting, the sponsor wanted to know how frequently the risks are being reviewed. Which document project manager should check first?
A company has decided to initiate a project to eliminate a sales channel that has been unprofitable for the past three years. Some members of the project team are pessimistic about the project. How should the project manager do in this situation?
You are performing the Plan Risk Responses process for your manufacturing project when encounter a critical risk that may have a high impact on the project completion. All the following are valid responses, except?
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 source What should the project manager do before the project starts?
A project manager has team members around the world in many different time zones. Project work frequently stalls because people in one office need to wait until another office is awake to have questions answere What should the project manager have done to avoid this?
A project manager is working on a software developmentcontract. The project is halfway through a3-yearcontractwhen thereisachangein thepolitical landscape and 20% of the stakeholders are replaced. Almost immediately decisions become delayed, invoices go unpaid, and meetings become unmanageable.
What tool would assist the project manager to better understand the new project landscape?
A new project manager learns the work assigned to the team has already been decomposed to its lowest level. The project manager reviews the work and feels some additional, useful information is missing. What should the project manager review?
A project team member identified a procurement risk and sent an email to the project sponsor highlighting the risk. The sponsor forwarded the email to the project manager asking for further details. After speaking with the sponsor, the project manager decided to take preventive action. What document should the project manager review with their team?
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 had to schedule additional planning sessions to add requirements from an international stakeholder. The stakeholder expressed concern about the product not meeting the client’s needs.
Which factor should the project manager have considered when developing the product?
A client has asked the project manager for the program status report. The project manager send the report and then realizes that they accidentally included another manager from the client’s organization on the email. Which approach should the project manager do?
Three testers joined the project team just before the end of the buil During the project team meeting, the testers indicated that the project quality is poor, and they should not continue testing until all the defects are fixe Which two actions should the project manager do? (Choose Two)
A project in the execution phase is behind schedule and is missing some materials. The contractor submits an offer to supply the missing materials and reimburse the cost since the internal procurement process will cause more delay. The project manager doesn’t agree with the costs submitted by the contractor for the missing materials.
What should the project manager do next?
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?