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Project Management Professional (PMBOK 7th Version)
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A project manager is leading a meeting with key stakeholders, the project sponsor and the product owner to define the features that will be released after the next iteration. The purpose of the meeting is to review the product backlog prioritization, considering that during the past iteration some deliverables were not completed.
Which two items should be taken into account first to review and update the product backlog priorities during the meeting? (Choose two)
The project manager started a new project and must ensure that the team members and stakeholders are adequately trained. After an interview with the team, the project manager discovers that all resources have experience in different agile methodologies
What should the project manager do?
A project for Company A was successfully delivered within scope schedule, and budget by the end of the last iteration However during the project celebration ceremony, one of the business stakeholders says they perceive the project as a failure as it did not add any business value.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this perception?
A new project manager was assigned to a project during implementation. The project manager realized that new tax policies are creating a risk for a cost overrun by 25% The project manager updated the risk register and kept the project running as normal The CEO has announced that the project could be cancelled since the acceptable cost overrun is only 20%. The project manager was quite surprised as this was new information.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?
A company is changing their current business model The change requires implementing a complex project using multiple agile teams.
What three options should the project manager have the testing team adopt as testing mechanisms? (Choose three)
A stakeholder on a project has a reputation for being easily angered and unreasonably difficult on projects The project manager would like to minimize the impact of the stakeholder’s behavior on the development team.
What training should the project manager choose for their team to help with this situation?
A project manager just started managing agile projects The project manager realizes that due to the lack of a clear definition of project objectives and definition of done (DoD) their colleague's projects have had many difficulties Sponsors keep asking for more features and the projects have yet to be completed
What should the project manager do to avoid these issues?
An executive sponsor of a predictive project asked a project manager experienced in agile to assess if a project could be executed using an agile approach What factor should the project manager consider when determining if the project is suitable for an agile approach?
A team has been working on a project for several months,, but the completion date is unclear because the scope is changing frequently as new knowledge is gained. Some deliverables have already been completed, but when new stakeholders join the team, they complain that project outcomes are not meeting business goals.
How can the project manager prevent this situation from happening in the future?
A large project is affecting the neighborhood in which it is located The neighbors are not satisfied with the project and their resistance to the project may affect the project deadline
What two actions should the project manager take'? (Choose two)
A software project using an agile approach is facing quality issues with every release, generating many production problems. What should the project manager do to fix the problem and improve the quality?
As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more detail.
What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage this project?
A new agile team is forming and the project manager notices that the team is struggling in many areas The team is experiencing both the inability to meet iteration commitments and team member conflicts
What should the project manager do next?
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 does not have enough resources to achieve this goal In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped
What should the project manager do?
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?
A project manager has been managing a project for several months when an issue that had not been registered as a risk appeared. This issue may have a big impact on the project.
What should the project manager do?
Five agile teams working together on a product recently performed release planning Midway through the project, each team showed that their progress was on track When all of the teams integrated at the product level, many integration issues were observed The overall product release progress declined with predictions showing the committed content will not be able to be accomplished
What should the project manager have done differently?
A project manager has been selected to deliver one of an organization's key flagship solutions Critical success factors include agility, market adaptation, and a quick response to market offerings
What is one of the key activities that the project manager should undertake to ensure company success?
A project has a very tight delivery schedule. The project is approaching the delivery date, and the project sponsor often sends the project manager alerts to avoid any schedule slippage . The project team has performed at an acceptable level until new, but the project manager wants to ensure that team’s performance level is performance is maintained until the end.
What action should the project manager take to motivate the project team's performance?
A project manager for a maintenance project has a contract that is renewed annually The project started 6 years ago After contract renewal this year the auditors reported that this version of the contract violates a new law that was passed last year
What has happened in this situation?
An external project manager is managing the construction of new corporate offices for a large company The project management plan states that it is necessary to contract a highly trained external resource to revise and validate an important project component The client has rejected hiring the external resource because of the high cost even though it is within the project budget.
What should the project manager do to resolve this issue?
During the course of the project several obstacles are identified that are preventing the project from moving forward. What should the project manager do to remove the obstacles?
A transportation company is transforming its operational processes and the mam system this company uses to move freight The scope statement is in place An iterative delivery approach has been agreed by all stakeholders. What does the project manager need to do next to help the team understand the work that needs to be done?
An agile team is geographically separated across multiple continents, and the project manager of identifying the tools to manage the communication among the virtual teams Drag the appropriate tool on the left to each project task on the right
A project manager is assigned to a project within a program. The high-level requirements of the project are known, but the priorities of some of the requirements are uncertain as they are interdependent on some other pipeline projects within the program.
How should the project manager prepare for the next steps of the project?
A project manager works in a matrix organization and is managing an internal software development project that is intended to reduce conflicts in the company's internal tracking system. During development, the project manager is informed that the software has to account for an unexpected change to government accounting requirements. The development team was able to make the change with no additional cost; however, the project manager notices that the testing costs are beginning
to exceed the testing budget.
What should the project manager do?
During project implementation, one team finds out that a key project deliverable was not budgeted. What should the project manager do first?
A project manager is working on an agile project in a changing business environment. The project sponsor is worried about benefits realization
and asks the project manager to pay attention to changes that can affect the project.
Which action should the project manager take to identify changes that may affect the product?
After the merger of two large companies, a project manager is assigned to a project. The company hires a consultant to ensure best practices are
being used in information security. During an iteration, the consultant requests changes to a software component, claiming that it is not meeting
market requirements.
What should the project manager do?
In the initiating phase of a project, the project manager and team members are prioritizing the product backlog along with the product owner. What should the project
manager do next?
After meeting with stakeholders, a project manager working at a computer gaming company is creating a project management plan for the company's newest offering. The project manager learns that the company's main competitor is scheduled to release a similar offering leveraging the newest technology. The project manager fears that the competitor's offering is better in multiple ways compared to the project manager's project.
What should the project manager do?
A large matrix organization is adopting a new communications approach. This is necessary because their projects often require the resourcing of expert knowledge in the form of specialists from various departments and divisions.
What should the project manager do to set up effective communications?
A project manager is leading a large public project that will have a high impact on the town's citizens. How should the project manager define the different requirements?
There are two interdependent projects: the first project is in execution, and the second one is about to be deployed. The first project has been delayed, which is now affecting the second project due to the sharing of resources.
What should the project manager do in this situation?
A company is launching a new product that has 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?
In the middle of an iteration, an agile team working on the development of a new product was notified that an important team member will leave the project for a few weeks due to some urgent personal issues. What should the project manager do regarding the activities that were the responsibility of this team member?
A large multi-national company works on a project in an emerging-economy country. All business matters are conducted in local currency. During the course of the project,
the budget becomes the primary concern due to currency instability in the country.
What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is leading a product feature rollout that will gain more subscribers for a video-streaming application. During the backlog grooming phase, the business stakeholders were unable to understand the feature integration with the product and raised concerns.
What can the project manager do to demonstrate the feature integration?
A project manager meets with the development team to estimate the time required to complete a software application. The software developers are new to the company, and they have never developed a similar application.
Which estimation technique should the project manager recommend?
A steering committee member is complaining about the weekly report. They stated that the report is too long and has unnecessary details. As a result, they are unable to obtain the main message and take action.
What should the project manager do to avoid similar complaints?
A multinational company is rolling out a new software platform within its subsidiaries. However, the distributed project team struggles to meet regularly. As a result, the project milestones are not being achieved.
What should the project manager do first?
By the end of the first sprint, a project lead notices that one of the team members is not performing very well. Which form of communication should the project lead use to handle the situation?
A project manager starts to receive emails from different stakeholders requesting information about the project status. What should the project
manager do to avoid this in the future?
A team is focusing on quickly developing and shipping new product features due to very aggressive market demands. The team is setting aside long-term work not directly related to the current business objective, which affects product performance and generates more customer support requests.
How can the team minimize the impact of the reduced focus on quality?
A project is on its fourth iteration out of six. During iteration planning, a team member informs the project manager that their computer is not working.
What should the project manager do next?
A project is ready to deliver the first batch of the product when a quality control check rejects the product as unfit for delivery. The root cause
analysis (RCA) shows that a component added as part of the latest change request was not tested throughout the development cycle.
What should the project manager do next?
A project manager is leading a project to develop accounting software for a trading firm. As the outcomes are being delivered, a new risk is
identified regarding an indirect tax regulation that is being changed by the government in the next 6 months. This risk will have a significant impact
on the project outcomes.
What should the project manager do next?
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?
Drag the items on left side to the matching term within the correct project approach on the right side.
A project manager is working on an agile project that is within the scope of a recently announced corporate audit. The project manager was
appointed to attend the first meeting with the auditors scheduled for the following week.
What should the project manager do to prepare for the audit?
