During a retrospective review, project team members say they are not completing tasks during the iterations due to interruptions and requests for help from other teams. As a team facilitator, what should the project manager do to avoid this?
A struggling company is executing a critical project. However, due to external environmental changes, there is not enough funding to complete the project. What should the project manager do first?
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?
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?
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 client has asked the project manager for the program status report. The project manager sent 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 take?
A project manager of a high-risk project is concerned about a delay in the schedule that might force the project to move its go-live date. What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is executing a commercial building project. The project manager discovers that the required building permits have not been obtaine Obtaining the permits will delay the project by one month and will cost the project $35,000. The fine associated with continuing to build without the permit is $1,000 per day. What should the project manager do first?
Several components of an expensive manufacturing project have been returned by the customer. The customer is complaining that the quality of the components is poor and is concerned that, as a result, their products will be returned due to quality issues. The project manager is certain that quality has been maintained. What should the project manager communicate with the customer to help assure them that the project has produced quality products?
A project engineer in country A is complaining about the sample received from the supplier in country B because the sample is not the correct length. During a telephone conference, the supplier checked the drawings and insisted that the measurement was accurate. What should the project manager do next?
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?
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?
During the early phase of a project, the requirements documentation was not approved. It was identified that the leader of a user party was not included in any of the requirements collection communications. Which of the documents was likely missed or outdated?
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 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 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?
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 company is interested in reducing production costs in one of its production lines. When the project charter was about to be approved, one of the key stakeholders questioned the project’s value and caused a delay in the approval. What should the project manager have done to avoid this setback?
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 requires the procurement of a large amount of equipment that needs to be on-site before any other activity can begin. The procurement department has a lengthy approval process. What should the project manager do?
A project engineer in country A is complaining about the sample received from the supplier in country B because the sample is not the correct length. During a telephone conference, the supplier checked the drawings and insisted that the measurement was accurate. What should the project manager do next?
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?
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 project manager is working on a critical path activity and notices a delay in product delivery due to an anticipated event. What should the project manager do first?
In a project that will deliver a new product using new technology, the project team frequently discusses difficulties that may arise and possible strategies to address them. One team member sets up a meeting with the project manager to discuss their list of challenges and presents an extensive list of items that require continuous attention. How should the project manager use this event to maximize the benefits to the stakeholders?
On your project you handle known risks by performing the Plan Risk Responses process.
Which of the following would you use when you encounter unknown risks?
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?
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 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?
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 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 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 responsible for building a bridge. The high-level elements of the project are handled using a predictive approach. The software responsible for retracting the bridge has been developed based on agile principles. During software development, the workflow is often interruptedby various delays or impediments due to lack of information.
How should the project manager handle this situation?
An agile project team received an assignment to develop an industrial system that interfaces with robots. The project team does not have any previous experience performing this type of work. Team members are interested in acquiring such expertise but it may result in a project delay.
How should this situation be handled?
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 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?
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?
A project team member identified a defect in the initial solution design for a project. The stakeholders are not sure whether to deploy the system or not. What should the project manager do?
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 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 third-party supplier demands payment for the services provided for a project. The agreement was that payment would be made after the organization receives payment from the client. The third-party supplier lacks the capital to meet their payroll and has informed the project manager that if they do not receive payment quickly, they will withdraw team members from the project. What should the project manager do?
A project manager received the project charter for a new product. The project is expected to have two main deliveries: the hardware part that has detailed specifications already defined, and the user interface software that only has basic specification and a requirement for a user experience design approach. What project management approach should the project manager use?
A customer asks the project manager to complete a project 10 days earlier than planned due to marketing constraints. After discussing this request with the project team, the project manager concludes that this can be achieved if a few activities can be overlapped. Which approach should the project manager take?
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 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 who takes over halfway through a project determines that the cost performance index (CPI) is 0.65. A detailed audit identifies that the project cost was analogously estimated, and the audit team thinks that something was missing in the way the estimates were done. What should have been done to avoid this problem?
A major national company known for quality products has just selected a small subcontracting firm to assist with a project. The project manager from the subcontracting firm is meeting with the project team to ensure that the project is delivered according to the customer’s standards. In order to ensure this, what should the project manager define and document?
A project manager is managing a technical project that requires intensive documentation as part of the key deliverables. In a project review meeting, a key stakeholder reports that the latest documentation provided by the project manager includes a reference to unrelated products. What should the project manager do?
One of the key stakeholders on the project team reaches out with an additional requirement that may impact the overall schedule. A discussion with another stakeholder suggests that this might just be a small task. What should the project manager do?
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 company is interested in reducing production costs in one of its production lines. When the project charter was about to be approved, one of the key stakeholders questioned the project’s value and caused a delay in the approval. What should the project manager have done to avoid this setback?
A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the 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 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 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?
The project team is experiencing schedule delays due to issues arising with suppliers. Some of the tasks are on the critical path. What should the project manager do in this situation?
A third-party supplier demands payment for the services provided for a project. The agreement was that payment would be made after the organization receives payment from the client. The third-party supplier lacks the capital to meet their payroll and has informed the project manager that if they do not receive payment quickly, they will withdraw team members from the project. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the 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 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 few virtual team members are located in a region that generally has good internet connectivity. However, they frequently experience connectivity issues joining team calls during the day. What should the project manager do?
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?
You are working on a web development project. You looked on the internet for some off-the-shelf software to support the project. Your internet search may lead to better products but which of the following problems are associated with those products?
During the project planning phase, a project manager is informed that they cannot start one activity before another department implements the required IT system. 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 new team member is assigned to a team that consistently delivers each iteration. The new team member doesn’t understand many of the processes followed and begins to negatively impact the schedule. What should the project manager do?
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 working on a project to develop an integration of their existing systems. There are known issues in production. What should the project manager do?
A project manager has been given a critical, 5-day window and is allocated a maximum of $100000 as a contingency reserve. After 3 days of work, the project manager completed two actions and spent $80000. What should the project manager do next?
During the third iteration of a project, the main sponsor retired from the company, and a new sponsor was appointed. The new sponsor is not familiar with the agile approach for project delivery, which leads them to request more control over the project team. What should the project manager do?
The project manager has observed that two team members have been arguing with each other openly at meetings. To push their ideas through, each team member individually spoke with the sponsor directly and made decisions without informing the project manager or other team members. What two actions should the project manager take?
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?
During project execution, a project manager discovers that the budget at completion has shifted significantly and is higher than expected. What should the project manager do?
A project manager noticed that a team member has been struggling with some tasks, which may ultimately impact the completion date. Team morale is low because they will get the expected bonus if they do not finish on time. What should the project manager do?
A new project manager is assigned to a project midway through its implementation. During the first risk review meeting, the project manager notices that the version of the risk register used by the project team members is different from the one the project manager is using. What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?
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?
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 a complex project with several subcontractors, one subcontractor reports a likely delay in the schedule. This could affect the other subcontractors and impact their ability to deliver on time. What should the project manager do first?
During product’s last sprint review, the owner/sponsor stated that the product doesn’t deliver any value anticipated!!! The project manager disagrees as he/she believes the product does meet all specifications agreed upon, and the team is confused by the sponsor’s statement… What should the project manager do when using a hybrid approach?
A team just adopted agile approach. During daily standup meetings, the team expressed concerns about delays in tasks execution. Project lead worked with the product owner to get clarity on the features. The lead asked the team to fast-track all product features to ensure delivery. Sprints are being completed but with either fewer features or low quality. What should the project leader have done to ensure success?
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?
An agile team is working on a two-week sprint to deliver business value. About one week after the sprint starts, the product owner realizes that a regulatory compliance requirement was missed. The product owner reminds the team that this requirement must be completed in the current sprint or the organization will face a penalty. What should the project manager do to mitigate this risk?
A company that is heavily focused on using predictive approaches on-boards a new project manager who mostly used hybrid approaches in the past. The scope of the project contains few unclear requirements. How should this project manager plan the delivery of the project?
An agile project sponsor informed the project lead that an executive would like an update on the project’s progress. What should the project lead do?
Based on a new company policy, an aviation software project has been structured to use an agile approach. The project is subject to industry regulations, which require detailed tracking and archival of product changes. What should the project lead use to understand the impact of compliance on this project?
An iteration is about to finish, but the team is struggling to complete the stories that require more time. What should the project manager do first?
A local company is developing a new product using a remote team for the programming tasks of features. Product design comes from local team. During fourth 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?
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 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?
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?
A project team performs extremely well when it comes to delivering the value-added features to the customer in each sprint. However, they are missing the documentation portion, and the project manager must find a way to make sure the documentation is kept current. Which action should the project manager take?
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?
Which of the following is correct scenarios are impediments to which a scrum master should pay attention to Except?
A team member is openly criticized by other team members during a daily standup meeting for failing to complete two consecutive days tasks. What should the agile coach do first to address the situation?
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 sponsor plans to fund the development of a software that has 30 features to be used in 10 different countries. The team feels overwhelmed with the amount of work to be done. What should the project manager do?
An agile project is running its 5th 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 lead do?
A project manager is assigned to a new project. The project is part of a large business transformation, and the objective is to open delivery channels for the new product. The project is for a new product that the company wants to launch as soon as possible to test market readiness. Which delivery approach should the project manager recommend?
A project manager is part of a team that is launching a series of features to comply with a new regulation. The team has only 6 weeks to release the features to the legacy applications. During the standup meeting, a software engineer indicated that the development of an important feature is on hold until the assigned designer completes a specific task. This delay is a serious road block to meeting the release date. What should the project manager do?
During the fifth sprint, a project lead noticed that none of the customer representatives have participated in any of the sprints. The team told the project manager that they had a prototype ready. What should the project lead do next?
In a hybrid delivery for a project, during an iteration review, a subject matter expert (SME) informed the team that new legislation will be published in two months that mostly will impact the project. What should the project manager do?
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?
An agile coach & a technical writer for a globally distributed agile team are in a country with a 9 hour time zone difference from the agile team. The agile coach and project lead disagree on the timing for the daily standup. The project lead thinks the standup should be at 10:00 am local time, but the agile coach and technical writer feel that is an inconvenient time for them. How does the project lead ensure adherence to agile practices?
At the start of a project, the sponsor declares that demonstrating benefits from the product will be extremely important. The project sponsor calls a meeting with the project manager and the project leadership team to discuss the best approach because the project has a high degree of uncertainty and many changes are expected. What should the project propose?
A project manager is working with a customer’s team on a new project. Product requirements definitions are not yet firm/clear, but the customer wants to start activities asap. The organization is expecting product delivery for a specific date due to a regulatory requirement. Consequently, the project manager has decided to use a hybrid approach. Why did the project manager choose a hybrid approach?
Two Companies are jointly developing a cutting-edge product. Based on customer’s feedback, technical marketing are urgently requesting a new feature to be integrated in a couple of weeks. First company front end is ready, but the second company requires four weeks to deliver the complete back-end components and is busy with the current release. What should the project manager do to attain an agreement involving both companies and an acceptance from technical marketing organization?
An organization has historically executed most of its projects on predictive approach (waterfall). Executives are now migrating most of the organization projects to an agile methodology. What strategy is useful to help prepare the organization for this change?
A software company is launching a new product that needs to be ready before the summer season begins. After the discovery process, the team realizes that the requirements are very uncertain. What should the project manager do?
A project lead has noticed that his agile team, accustomed to agile practices, while performing according to expectations, there is boredom with daily team practices among many of the project team members… What should the project lead do in this situation?
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?
During project initial stage, the team estimated activities for the next iteration in story points and agreed that each story point would be assumed to be equal to one day of effort during project execution. There are some activities estimated as two story points and others estimated as 100 story points. What should the project manager ask the team to do next?
A project delivers every two weeks. The customer raises a complaint because they do not perceive business value in the products delivered even though deliveries have been completed in a timely manner. Which activity should the project manager undertake?
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 project manager is working on a hybrid project that has been in progress for the last nine months. Some project stakeholders are becoming frustrated because they do not see the value added by the project. What should the project manager do to demonstrate the project value?
An agile project manager is in the process of converting project requirements document into epics, capabilities, features and stories. In how many iterations should the project manager estimate the story duration?
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?
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 doesn’t have enough resources to achieve this goal. In addition, the schedule doesn’t have activities that can be overlappe That should the project manager do?
A project development team is located in different areas around the world. Last week, a very important release was delayed because one of the developers did not respond on time to an email that was sent to everyone. The developer seems to have missed reading the email.
What should the project manager do to avoid these situations?
A project manager is managing a project with a hybrid approach and has requested a senior team member to perform a quantitative risk analysis. The team member responds that they do not have the knowledge to perform such an analysis. What should the project manager do?
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?
Several components of an expensive manufacturing project have been returned by the customer. The customer is complaining that the quality of the components is poor and is concerned that, as a result, their products will be returned due to quality issues. The project manager is certain that quality has been maintaine What should the project manager communicate with the customer to help assure them that the project has produced quality products?
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?
During an inspection, the production phase was stopped because the inspector claimed that regulatory labels were missing. What should the project manager do?
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?
During a project, the project manager’s immediate director is communicating directly with the client to approve changes without the project manager’s knowledge. This is causing confusion in the project team where the scope is changing in the backgroun As a team facilitator, what should the project manager do to avoid this?
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?
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 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 and would like to resolve the issue on their own. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is leading a large-scale project that involves 70 stakeholders. The project manager has heard various comments and expectations from the customers, some of which are contradictory. Consequently, some requirements are not clear. What should the project manager do to build consensus regarding the requirements?
A project manager is leading an innovation project that is facing a lot of risks due to a high level of uncertainty. What strategy should the project manager use to manage these risks using an agile approach?
As a supplier, who was tasked with providing an important component for a project, is unable to deliver the materials due to a large-scale labor problem. What document should the project manager use to update the details and communicate to relevant stakeholders?
A senior project manager has included a junior project manager as part of the project team. During a coaching session, the junior project manager asks the senior project manager how to be efficient and reduce rework. What should the senior project manager respond?
A project manager held a meeting and framed the project schedule. A critical stakeholder, who was not consulted at the time of the schedule discussion, complained that the published dates are not agreeable due to a pre-scheduled task for another assignment. What should the project manager do first?
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 new marketing director just joined a software startup and is concerned that the agile model does not provide the needed accountability for their role. What should the responsible project manager do to ensure the vice president is comfortable with the project meeting its agreements?
During the setup of an agile project, 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 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?
A new product launch is in its initial stage, as requirements are evolving. Due to stiff market competition, the customer would like to launch the product keeping the scope flexible. The project team intends to start work based on the forecast of a similar project delivered last year. Which project approach suits the scenario?
A project team is struggling to understand key technical requirements, as information was not initially provided by the customer, although it is critical for the current iteration to clarify how tasks need to be carried out. How should the project manager approach this situation?
A project lead is working on an agile project to build the team’s vision, including the decision-making process. It was decided that the team will vote on items, and if 80% of the team agrees on a decision, then it will be carried forward. At the first technical design meeting, all team members agree on a decision that project lead strongly disagrees with. How should the project lead proceed?
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 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?
A project manager is working on an agile project. The organization decided to implement the scrum framework. The project manager organized a workshop to explain the differences between traditional project artifacts and the scrum approach. The most frequent question raised is what artifact will replace the project schedule. What should be the project manager’s response?
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 customer reviewed the plan for a project with high uncertainty. The customer expressed concerned about the work requiring so many iterations with a risk of not reaching the mandatory delivery date. Which approach should the project manager use in this situation?
A company starts implementing scrum, about halfway through the first sprint, communication issues surfaced... Some project team members are not in sync with other team members. What is the cause for this communications gap?
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?
A large construction project is progressing well as per the project objectives. The project manager would like to report the project’s value to the project sponsor and seek the next phase of funding closure. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is working on a multinational project that has more than 100 stakeholders. The project manager is concerned about the appropriate stakeholder participation and involvement level required for successful project delivery.
What should the project manager do?
A supplier informs the project manager that producing the quantity of a key component for the project will require an additional month. The project manager has to meet an important milestone in a week. What should the project manager do next?
A project to develop a large hydropower plant is in the implementation phase and is managed using a hybrid approach. What should the project manager do to ensure full compliance of quality requirements during the execution phase?