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Project Management Professional (PMBOK 7th Version)
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A project is being planned with two hardware deliverables and one software deliverable that will be used to monitor the operation of the two hardware deliverables. When preparing the consolidated project schedule, what should be the top priority for the project manager?
A project manager is leading a highly visible project initiative. A few weeks after kickoff, the project manager starts receiving requests for updates from various stakeholders. What should the project manager do?
A new project manager has been hired at a company that has suffered many project failures. The project manager has been tasked with delivering a software product for the company’s biggest customer. The customer has not been able to articulate how a major piece of functionality should work. The project manager wants to deliver value immediately. How should the project manager approach the software development life cycle with this customer?
A project manager entered into a contract with a vendor to build a new system. During the acceptance test stage, the project manager noticed that the system quality was not satisfactory-How should the project manager support their claim to the vendor?
A project manager is defining the sprint goals with the team, A team member who is responsible for acceptance testing starts criticizing the goals and cannot come to an agreement with the other team members.
How should the project manager handle this situation?
A project manager works at an organization that is transitioning to agile The development team has recommended using a burndown chart to provide visibility on project progress to all stakeholders.
What should the project manager do to ensure effective communication throughout the project?
A project manager has been assigned to a new project. There is one team member
who never says anything during meetings. After meetings, however, the team member sends
detailed emails with very good suggestions that help with project execution.
How should the project manager guide the team members?
A team is working on a hybrid project. Due to different interpretations of the project requirements, the deliverables are not aligned to the expectations. What steps should the project manager have taken to prevent this?
A project manager is assigned to a project related to taxes, which will be managed
using an agile approach. By reviewing lessons learned from a previous project, the project
manager discovers that a key stakeholder is an expert on taxes and is willing to help.
How should the project manager leverage this information?
An organization is producing a product using a hybrid approach with several phases. Some of the phases are planned to be executed in predictive and some in agile. During the agile phase, the project manager notices that the team members sometimes unknowingly work on the same task.
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 key team member has recently gone through some personal issues that has affected their performance. The project manager noticed that the
team member's emotional situation has affected the rest of the team's performance.
How should the project manager handle this situation?
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?
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?
In a marine construction project, the project manager is informed by the marine authority that the work permit will not be issued until certain environmental reinforcement work has been completed. After reviewing the project management plan, the reinforcement work is not included in the project scope.
What should the project manager do?
In an agile project, the learn planned to complete 40 story points in an iteration, but only completed 30 story points. What is the schedule performance index (SPI)?
A project is about to start. The project manager has found that the client does not have an appropriate knowledge management system and does
not have a requirement for it.
What should the project manager do?
During a project's initiation phase a lessons learned sharing session was held with the team from another project Low construction productivity was discussed as a potential delay to project completion
What should the project manager do next?
A team is using an agile approach to maintain the project backlog. A new project obstacle was identified as a blocker and added to the backlog list. The team is facing challenges to remove this obstacle
What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is assigned to a project with a long timeline and complex scope. The client requires a high-level, long-term plan as well as
something that will work immediately, adding features to the product as the project progresses.
How should the project manager plan and deliver this project?
A customer complains that the user stories released so far contain too much jargon and do not reflect the expectations of the product. What should the project manager do
next?
A project manager is managing a technical project that requires intensive documentation as part of the key deliverables. Ina 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?
A project manager is managing a few innovation projects with a high level of uncertainty. The project manager is experiencing challenges with the large number of change
requests issued due to the nature of the project.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager notices that the project team is unlikely to complete the development of a system on time before the testing start date, which was based on the technical
complexity of the project. What should the project manager do before communicating with the client during the regular project progress meeting?
An organization is struggling to start an important project. The project manager has identified that the scope definition is the main item preventing
the project from starting. Although most of the scope items are defined and agreed upon among the stakeholders, there are a few items that are hard to grasp and very complex to define at this stage.
What should the project manager do?
During the development of a project in a dynamic market environment, new unforeseen legal requirements have come into effect. The project
manager is not sure if some of the project deliverables will be fully compliant with the new requirements.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager has been assigned to a project where the budget is very tight. Incurring extra costs is not an option.
What should the project manager do to manage this situation?
A project manager for a technologically complex engagement reviews the key project indicators with the main stakeholders on a regular basis. During one of the meetings,
the project sponsor explains that they are using the project manager's risk register as a way to communicate about the project at the executive level.
How should the project manager ensure that project risks are reported accurately in the risk register?
A product owner is invited to a sprint review meeting. At the end of the review, the product owner says that the increment is ready to be delivered to the customer.
What conclusion should the project manager come to with regard to the product owner's statement?
A healthcare organization hired a new compliance specialist to ensure that the healthcare compliance needs are met. The feedback about the new compliance specialist
from the team was average.
What should the project manager do to help the new compliance specialist improve?
A project team was hired to perform on-site duties, but there were unexpected circumstances that required the entire team to work remotely Some team members returned to their hometowns and they are now requesting reimbursement for operational expenditures
What should the project manager do?
During regular project progress review meetings, one team member shares bad news that has a significant impact on the project schedule. How should the project manager
react to ensure the project remains successful?
Midway into a project, the project manager is concerned with the lack of responsiveness from a vendor. What should the project manager do to
ensure the project is delivered successfully?
A human resources (HR) cost report was disclosed, by error, to all members of the project team. This situation generated a conflict between the team members about differences in their salaries.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
An agile project to provide a material information system has started. During the kick-off meeting, the team realizes that the stakeholders require a solution in 2 months, but it will take at least 4 months to deliver the entire project.
Who should the project manager contact to help the team accelerate the delivery?
A new team member joins an agile team. In a previous role, this team member was a subject matter expert (SME). This team member often directs the team on how to solve problems based on previous experience.
What should the project manager do first?
A functional manager is concerned that the project's quality management techniques have advanced beyond the department's capabilities and wants the project team to review all quality management activities in two full-day workshops the following week. What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is managing a large project. A stakeholder has just discovered a new risk that has not been identified in earlier stages.
What should the project manager do?
A project team is executing a large regulatory project comprised of a multitude of internal and external stakeholders. An initial impact analysis revealed several systems, including an enhancement to existing modules as well as new builds. After completion of the initial design workshop, the team conducted a brainstorming session to better understand the types of likely users.
Which technique will best serve this purpose?
At a meeting, the project manager for an agile project indicates that the sprint goals were not met. The product owner leaves the meeting early. and the team discusses how the meeting went. Team members are confused as there were no defects for the new user stories and no new requirements were discussed.
What should the project manager do in the future to avoid this situation?
The current incremental revenue expected by a project deliverable is not fulfilling the business case requirement The deliverable was already closed and handed over to the operations team
Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)
A project manager is facilitating a project steering committee meeting where the prioritization of work items in the backlog is being discussed. The
engineering executive wants to prioritize features based on level of effort, completing the smallest items first. The quality executive wants to
complete the most complex tasks first to have adequate time to ensure a quality product is delivered. The compliance officer wants to complete
items with associated regulatory components as they are essential items.
How should the project manager prioritize the work items?
During an agile project a project manager lost one of the resources, and at the same lime, uncovered new requirements, which were added to the backlog What should the project manager do next?
A project manager in an automotive company is scheduling activities for a complex project Some of the project requirements are fixed and some are flexible Match the items on the left with the methodology on the right that the project manager is using.
During project execution, one of the project tasks is to create an important document for a service vendor. The project manager assigns a senior engineer to clearly detail
the service instructions to avoid any redo loops. Two days after the service information document was sent, the service vendor has doubts and needs more clarity on the task. This redo loop will probably cause a delay of one or more days.
What should the project manager do next?
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 stakeholder has left the company. The new stakeholder is a family member of one of the team members. This stakeholder does not attend meetings. The project manager finds out that the stakeholder has been asking the family member for project updates.
What should the project manager do?
During project planning, a development team is assigned an agreed-upon work package to determine the appropriate pattern for integrating a new service with a legacy system. The lead developer has requested a meeting with the project manager and Is looking for direction as to which technology to select.
How should the project manager help guide the lead developer?
A project manager has been assigned to an important project that will help set the future of the company. Meanwhile, the project management office (PMO) is implementing
adaptive tools in a mostly predictive environment and has requested that the project manager follow this process as well. However, the functional manager has expressed concerns about the use of new tools on such an important project.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager just finished a meeting to identify the main stakeholders of the project. What should the project manager do next?
