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Project Management Professional (PMBOK 7th Version)
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A company initiated a departmental transformation project improving the processes for the organization using a predictive approach, This is a critical project for the organization and, in the middle of the project, the project manager noticed that one of the deliverables cannot be produced due to a missing technical skill.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?
It is late at night on a weekend when a team member calls the project manager on the telephone. The team member Is crying about the pressures of an upcoming deadline.
What should the project manager do?
The product backlog has been completed and prioritized. and the first sprint has begun A team member advised that during the daily standup there is a delay in having an external vendor contract signed.
What is the project manager ' s priority in this situation?
During a project meeting, the project manager asks risk owners to present issues that may affect the backlog. During their presentation, the project manager realizes that some risk owners did not implement the already agreed-upon risk responses.
What should the project manager do to reduce exposure?
In a geographically distributed project team, the project team members continue to email status reports and update schedules after their weekly meeting discussions. However, the team is having difficulty tracking the changes and progress made.
What should the project manager do?
A customer is meeting with an agile team at regular intervals and keeps changing priorities for the team members. What should the project manager do to remove this impediment?
A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in its second phase The product created in the first phase was transferred to operations During a meeting, the project sponsor complained that some of the reports contain conflicting data on the product value
What should the new project manager do next?
During the execution phase of a project, all project team members were forced to work from their homes rather than in person During this time, the project manager discovered that 0.-10 team member has made disrespectful remarks about another team member to other team members.
How should the project manager handle this situation ' '
During the execution phase of a large project there is an extremely high number of change requests Because of this the project manager realizes that there is a greater risk for rejection of the deliverables
How should the project manager mitigate this risk without compromising the completion date?
A project manager is leading a new project that is in the initiation phase, The project will build a new type of software technology service that has never existed at the organization before and will reenginger the business process for several operations teams. The project manager needs to determine the project management approach to be used, and there are many team
members and stakeholders who have contradictory opinions.
What should the project manager do?
An organization is transitioning to an agile approach. At the project ' s first sprint review, the product owner did not accept the result of the sprint and has some concerns.
What should the project manager do?
A CEO has requested that the project manager provide a budget estimate for a long-term project that will be executed over the span of 4 years What should the project manager do?
During the execution phase of a healthcare IT project, the project manager finds one stakeholder is very difficult to communicate with and obtain
feedback from on project deliverables. What should the project manager do?
A quality Issue that requires a change to the quality standard Is encountered In a project Currently, there Is no budget available for the required changes. What should the project manager do?
A project manager was recently assigned to a new project that is about to start. The
organization has already signed a fixed-cost contract with the customer detailing the scope and final delivery date, but the project manager has identified several internal constraints and conditions that will certainly prevent the project from being completed in the number of iterations initially planned.
What should the project manager do next?
An agile project is in its early iterations, but the project manager already realizes that
more resources will be needed to achieve the expected time lines. There are no internal
resources. available.
What vendor strategy should the project manager use to maximize project delivery?
A final iteration is underway and a project team is about to complete development Planning tot the product release is about to start. One stakeholder raised a concern about the product not being compatible with a new technology that has been adopted in the market
How should the project manager address this issue?
A high-tech borehole protect was initiated with the goal of providing water for a rural community of 1500 villagers located in an arid region. The project was completed with a cost performance index (CPi) of 1 09 and a schedule performance index (SPl) of 0.93 Six months after its completion it is determined that the villagers could not access water
What caused this situation to occur?
A company is undergoing a digital transformation and is changing its project portfolio to an agile approach. As a result, the leadership is looking to update the performance measuring system for the workforce.
What should the project manager propose?
During the development phase, a team member encounters an issue with a specific task and attempts to resolve it for the next several days. The other team members ask
the project manager to reassign the task to another team member to avoid jeopardizing the target date. The current team member assigned communicates they will feel frustrated if the task is reassigned to another team member.
How should the project manager address this situation?
A project manager is managing an internal project with a tight budget and schedule. While executing the project, the project manager realizes that
some stakeholders are working against the success targets of the project.
What should the project manager do to ensure successful project delivery? (Choose two)
A project team has expressed concern that certain remote team members are not able to collaborate with the larger project team due to their work schedule. The project
manager is confused since the entire team is located in the same time zone and believes there are other factors at play.
What should the project manager do next?
A project manager has been assigned to a project where collaboration with the business is a critical key factor. The project manager is not sure about which approach to use. A senior project manager has been assigned to help the project manager.
What advice should the senior project manager provide?
A project manager is reviewing the requirements of a large program. Which requirements should the project team prioritize to avoid getting fines?
A protect manager is assigned to lead a global implementation of a cloud-based system Team members are dispersed in five countries As time goes on. the project manager notices that some team members have become quiet during status calls or other protect discussions while others often call into meetings late and use time zone differences as the reason for the delay
Which three actions should the project manager take to encourage engagement? (Choose three)
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 is assigned to a time-bound internal project on quality improvement During project execution the project manager observes that a specific team member is being isolated by other team members
Which three actions should the project manager take? (Choose three)
Many issues have been encountered in a project due to the low competence of the team members. These issues might lead to poor project performance and potentially to project termination.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager has decided to stop activities that do not add value to a project that has a risk of running over budget. A functional manager disagrees with this decision, especially when the team is performing product testing for highly sensitive end users. The functional manager escalated the issue to the project sponsor so that the team can resume activities.
How should the project manager have handled the situation?
A project manager is evaluating a project and realizes that its earned value (EV) shows the cost spent is higher than the value delivered. The project manager then discovers that the team has been adding small features that are not part of the requirements.
What should the project manager do?
A strategic project using international funds for a government agency is going through the execution phase. The government transition will take place in 1 month, and authorities will change. There is a risk that the project will be suspended or team members will be removed. The project manager wants to ensure that the project will continue despite these changes.
Which action should the project manager take to address this situation?
The project stakeholders represent diverse organizational functions and have differing opinions about project goals. The project has been approved, but change requests could result if the stakeholders do not align on the functionality needed and the minimum viable product (MVP).
What should the project manager do?
In a hybrid project, the project manager has identified a few stakeholders. According to the stakeholder matrix, the head of development has a high rating of power/influence and a high likelihood of conflict.
Which action should the project manager avoid?
A project manager is assigned to a research project. The project team has been selected and has worked together on other projects. Based on the project documentation, team members seem to be working at their own pace and have had little interaction with the project manager.
What should the project manager do to have a high-performing team?
The change control board (CCB) has approved a change request to add a new component within a product. The operations manager discovers the change after its approval and complains that the implementation of the change will cause significant disruption to the production line.
What should the project manager do first?
A project manager leads an agile development project. During the sprint planning meeting, the development team expresses concerns that the proposed scope of the next sprint is much larger than expected given the current resource allocation. The project manager believes the scope is essential to meet the project milestones.
How should the project manager approach negotiating an agreement with the team to ensure the project remains on track?
A project manager manages multiple information technology (IT) projects in a matrix organization. The project manager schedules a meeting with one of the functional
managers to coordinate testing support for two software development projects. Unfortunately, the functional manager is not able to attend the meeting and informs the project manager that there may not be any resources available to test the software.
What should the project manager do?
A client wants to create an innovative software for the travel industry using an agile approach. A project manager from the company was assigned
to work on the details and estimates as requested by the client.
What should the project manager do before sending the information to the client?
In an agile project, the team is disagreeing about which user story to complete first. One is technically complex and long to complete. The second is a lower priority but easy to complete.
What should the project manager do?
After sending an on-site meeting invitation to seven people for the kick-off meeting of a project, a key stakeholder declines because they will be at another location for the rest of the month.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager works in a hierarchical organization. The project team members are used to being told what to do, and the performance reviews include the percentage of
completion of the allocated tasks. After a conversation with the sponsor, the project manager realizes that they need to reassign a couple of tasks to meet the next
milestone. This change can be perceived as poor performance by the current assignees.
What should the project manager do?
A new team member has joined a project team. During the first sprint, the new team member approached the project manager and requested to implement a new way of testing. The team has been resistant to the proposed change.
What should the project manager do?
During the execution of a construction project, one of the neighboring businesses is complaining that the current building height does not agree with the initial project plans. What should the project manager do first?
A project is nearing the completion of a sprint when the product owner announces that a local regulator has banned part of the deliverable. What should the project manager do?
A company is experiencing a high rate of rejected project deliverables. The project manager is requested to suggest a solution to improve quality.
What should the project manager suggest?
During a sprint retrospective, the project manager notices that one of the team members does not achieve the sprint objectives on a regular basis. This team member is an experienced resource.
How should the project manager properly address this situation?
Before kicking off a high-priority and complex project, what should the project manager do to ensure all project stakeholders are aware of their role scope as it relates to project activities?
A project manager has been assigned to an existing infrastructure project. The current project manager, who is retiring, and the project sponsor have had a good working relationship for many years. The project sponsor has expressed dissatisfaction with having a new project manager assigned to the project.
What should the project manager do?
During a sprint, the product owner requested a change in the features to be delivered in the same sprint. According to the product owner, the request from the customer is due to regulatory reasons and they have a deadline to meet.
What should the project manager do?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) now helps produce documents on most projects across an organization and is yielding great benefits. Despite this change, a project manager notices that very few members of their current team know the AI tools available within the company. Consequently, they do not know how to use them effectively.
What should the project manager do?
