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Project Management Professional (PMBOK 7th Version)
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A project team's performance has declined for the last three iterations Some of the team members are disappointed, and raise their concerns during the retrospective meeting What should the project manager do?
A project manager has just been assigned to a team that is developing a new design product. The work breakdown structure (VW/BS) has been created and the activities have been assigned to the team members. The project manager finds that there are activities that could be completed sooner by other team members. If the current assignments are left as is, the project could be delayed 2 weeks.
What should the project manager do in this situation?
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 project manager is using a hybrid approach for project delivery. The
development team was sized, but is not yet fully resourced. The project manager is working
on defining the project schedule.
What should the project manager do to address the issue of developer availability?
A project scope was developed with numerous assumptions. During the execution phase, the assumptions changed, which has jeopardized the planned business value of the project.
% 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?
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?
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?
Due to organizational changes: several key stakeholders are replaced by new ones in the middle of a project. As a result, numerous new requirements are raised What should the project manager do to ensure success of the project?
In a fixed time and budget project the customer wants the development of a core component to be based on agile practices, as the final scope of (he requirement has not yet been fully developed. The project manager is participating in contract development with the sales team and wants to ensure that development costs do not impact the profitability of the project.
Which two controls should the project manager incorporate into the contract to specifically address the development of the core component? (Choose two)
A project manager is transferred to another country to perform a project within their organization. What should the project manager do first to ensure collaboration within the team for a successful delivery?
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 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.
An agile team is working on a project that will be launched in six countries. Each country has specific requirements in addition to the base offering. The estimates indicate it will take six months to develop the base offering and an additional month to finalize each country’s unique requirements. The expected revenue for the product is the same for each country.
Which release strategy should the project manager recommend?
A company has agreed to run a transformation project using agile approaches.
During the implementation, there is pushback from the functional groups that the project is moving too fast.
What should the project manager have done at the beginning of the project to prevent this from happening?
The portfolio management office wants to cut costs by suspending some ongoing
projects that do not directly support the organizational strategy. The project manager has invested too many resources into one of the projects to be suspended, but the portfolio
management office has not backed down on their plan.
What should the project manager do to continue the project?
After a project learn has been working on a project for several months, the project Is cancelled The project sponsor Is putting pressure on the project manager to perform closeout duties as fast as possible so that the project team can move on to other work. The project sponsor has instructed the team not to waste time archiving the project artifacts for the cancelled project.
How should the project manager handle this situation?
A project manager has been assigned to a long-term project. The project manager came across a government debate over a new law that may affect the project.
What are the first two actions the project manager should perform? (Choose two)
A project manager has been assigned to complete a worksite project that was started by a different project manager. The project is now in the execution stage. Upon careful review, the project manager realizes that the local community was not included in the stakeholder register, which has resulted in extreme opposition from the community.
How should the project manager handle this issue?
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)
A key team member shared confidential information about another team member with management, a practice that is against ethical standards. During a team meeting, some of the team members requested that the key team member be removed from the team.
What should the project manager do next?
The vendor for a new IT data center project failed to follow the required cabling standards as stated in the requirements specification. The infrastructure manager and vendor were involved in an argument about the issue.
What should the project manager do to resolve and prevent additional arguments?
While preparing an earned value analysis (EVA) for the sponsor, the project manager provided this information in the latest project report:
Approved Work Package Cost Estimates: US$9,500
Contingency reserves: $500 %
Management reserves: 10% of contingency reserves
Percent complete of the project: 50%
Planned percent of the project: 40%
Actual costs of the project: US$4,500
What is accurate about the project status?
A project manager is assigned to a large complex project with cross-functional dependencies. The project enters a new phase requiring new stakeholders to be added with conflicting priorities. How should the project manager ensure successful engagement with the stakeholders?
A new project manager is taking over a project to deliver a new payroll management system that is running behind schedule. In addition, costs are rising due to many late changes requested by the client. What should the project manager do first?
A new stakeholder is unaware of the existence of the project a few weeks before the final deliverable and project completion. What should the project manager do first?
A project manager is assigned to lead a team comprised of business executives. After several roadmaps were denied by the sponsor, the project manager asks to be removed from the project. The sponsor urges the project manager to find a solution as the sponsoring organization requested their assignment. What should the project manager do?
A project to develop a new service is initiated by a telecommunications operator. The project management plan was developed, approved, and shared with respective stakeholders. What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is hired to work on a very large, complex project that requires the team to complete a significant number of specialized tasks. What strategy should the project manager incorporate to help organize, assign, and monitor these tasks?
A project manager is working on a large event and developing budgets for sign-off. The stakeholders and project sponsor are all working remotely using various tools to ensure that all documentation is tracked and handled discretely and appropriately. The primary stakeholder has missed several deadlines for the milestone sign-offs, resulting in the project manager being forced to find alternative suppliers for items, now at higher costs. When questioned regarding the delays, the stakeholder says the notifications hadn’t appeared in their email inbox. How should the project manager proceed?
A project manager is leading a hybrid project. A project team member has not been delivering on time; as a result, the project is about to be delayed. What should the project manager do?
A project manager notices a product owner has been unresponsive over the last few weeks. During one-on-one sessions, the product owner is unable to provide complete information, leading to rework of the project stories. What should the project manager do first?
There are several dependent work streams in a project. Some project stakeholders feel that coordination among team members and progress visibility are lacking. What should the project manager do?
A project manager has been informed by a vendor that a shipment with supplies needed for the project will be delayed by six weeks. What should the project manager do first?
After a project review meeting, a key stakeholder tells another stakeholder they do not trust the project status report. The second stakeholder approaches the project manager and mentions the conversation. What should the project manager do?
A construction project is in its final stage when the owner of a private property where the pipeline is routed refuses to collaborate. The lack of collaboration causes a project delay, but the client insists that the project must be completed as per the contract. What should the project manager do next?
A project sponsor is upset that a vital project might miss an agreed-upon delivery deadline. The sponsor asks the project manager to check whether the project team can do anything to deliver on time. What should the project manager do first?
A project manager is leading a project and is asked to negotiate on behalf of their organization. The organization requires that three quotes from different suppliers be acquired prior to submitting a purchase request to the finance department. What should the project manager do to align with this requirement?
The execution stage of a construction project is beginning. There are many areas and phases to be built. The project team wants to review the relationships between the most important tasks to ensure that major items are executed properly during this stage. What project artifact should the project manager review with the team?
A project manager is leading a complex project. The team is being challenged with frequent, incremental, and uncontrolled changes to the project. What should the project manager do?
A project lead conducted coordination meetings to estimate the budget and confirm the timeframe for a new project. Due to internal resource challenges, outsourcing some activities could be implemented during execution. What should the project lead ensure before submitting the project for a stage gate review to receive the needed investment?
During the project planning phase, the customer explained the importance of delivering the project results proposed in the scope as soon as possible. What should the project manager do first to address this?
A project manager recently took over an ongoing project. Within a few weeks on the project, the project manager discovers that there are continuous change requests from different project end users. What is the probable cause for this?
An experienced project manager has recently joined a troubled project. The project is impacted by multiple delays caused by a vendor’s late delivery of new servers. Due to budget restrictions, the project manager cannot switch vendors, and the project must be completed within a maximum of 90 days as agreed. What should the project manager do?
An agile team of specialized engineers has completed some tasks later than planned and with a lower quality than expected. The situation is limiting the value the team is creating for the business. What should the project manager do next?
A project has a schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.75 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 1.1. As a result, the project manager is considering either fast-tracking or crashing the project schedule to bring the project back on track again. What could be a secondary result of these actions?
A project manager has recently been appointed to lead a critical software development project in a hybrid environment. What should the project manager do first to understand the project quickly and manage the project effectively?
A project manager is assigned to an IT project to deliver a new accounting system. Some managers at the company do not see the value of this project and say they will not use the new system. What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose 2)
During the requirements gathering and analysis stage for the project, the team members are debating some functionality issues that are expected to be included in the scope. Due to this discussion, the planning activity for the scope definition is running late. What should the project manager do?
A project is almost complete when a key stakeholder raises a concern because the functionality of their preferred requirement was not showcased in the prototype. The prototype has already been approved and developers have started work on the final application. What should the project manager do next?
