The project manager is having difficulty obtaining approval of the project requirements because there is disagreement among the project stakeholders. This issue is putting the project schedule at risk. What should the project manager do first to facilitate the approval of project requirements?
A. Review the project charter
B. Perform a stakeholder analysis
C. Identify the source of the disagreement
D. Hold a team-building event
During the course of a project, a junior team member approaches the project manager for some direction and advice on risk mitigation. How should the project manager respond?
A. Tell the junior team member that the information is available in lessons learned
B. Offer guidance and follow up with some developmental activity for the junior team member
C. Inform the junior team member that risk mitigation is not part of their work
D. Refer the junior team member to the senior team member who develops the risk mitigation strategy
A project manager is leading an in-house company project in its very early stages. This current project is similar to another project that ended a year ago. What should the project manager do to analyze the involved stakeholders?
A. Lower the priority of stakeholder engagement as the stakeholders already have knowledge of this kind of project
B. Use lessons learned from the previous project as a guide for the current project's stakeholder register
C. Refer to the stakeholder register from the previous project as it was similar to the current project
D. Document in the risk register that the current project may have different stakeholders than the previous project
A project manager is working with a Scrum team that is continually missing deadlines. The steering committee is concerned about the project as it is not clear that it will deliver the expected value. After some analysis, the project manager discovers there is a mismatch of competencies in one of the teams.
What should the project manager do?
A. Emphasize to the teams the importance of meeting the agreed deadlines
B. Provide appropriate training to compensate for the mismatch.
C. Update the project schedule to reflect the delay
D. Accept the risk of the project missing deadlines due to the mismatch.
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 project manager take? (Choose two.)
A. Ask the team members to work it out themselves
B. Discuss this situation with other project managers and ask for advice
C. Reiterate ground rules at the next meeting and ensure that all team members are clear about these rules.
D. Address the behavioral issue with each team member
E. Discuss the behavior directly with their managers and request them to correct the behavior.
The team is working on a critical project deliverable and the project manager is concerned about meeting the deadline. There have been complaints from some stakeholders about some of the team members' performance. The project manager wants to understand the situation and provide feedback to the team as soon as possible.
What three actions should the project manager take to address this situation? (Choose three.)
A. Define team ground rules
B. Perform a retrospective session
C. Implement daily team meetings.
D. Request a manager performance review
E. Conduct an annual review.
A new team member has joined an agile project, replacing a team member who recently left. The project team needs the new team member to speed up their ability to contribute effectively to the project. What should the project manager do to help in this situation?
A. Assign the new team member the same tasks that were assigned to the previous team member who they replaced
B. Schedule knowledge transfer sessions and assign less complex tasks to the new team member
C. Send technical documentation to the new team member and schedule training for the next iteration.
D. Have the new team member complete all of the company's mandatory training
A company's project management office (PMO) has started to implement iterative tools. A project manager is starting a new project and has identified an opportunity to use the iterative tools. One of the senior managers is concerned about this modified framework as it is fairly new to the company.
What should the project manager do first?
A. Organize individual sessions with the stakeholders to build awareness and trust in the new framework
B. Look for external training on the new framework to eliminate the risk of low engagement from stakeholders.
C. Send documentation to the senior manager about the advantages of the new framework
D. Escalate the senior manager's concern to the project sponsor and distribute the status to the team
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?
A. Delay the project until the issue is addressed and no longer presents as a risk to the project.
B. Inform the sponsor that the issue has arisen and that the project's success may be uncertain
C. Avoid managing the issue as it was not registered as a risk for the project and there is no planned response to it.
D. Hold a meeting with the project team and relevant stakeholders to agree on the best way to manage the issue
In a time-critical construction project, a misunderstanding occurred between the supervisor and the technician. The misunderstanding turned into a major conflict and the technician has complained to the project manager that they cannot continue to work under the supervisor any longer. The supervisor cites the technicians poor performance as the reason for the conflict.
How should the project manager resolve the problem?
A. Talk to the supervisor to tone down their approach and attitude.
B. Provide a just-in-time training to the technician to improve their skill set.
C. Use a direct, collaborative approach with the technician and supervisor.
D. Replace the technician with a high performing resource as time is critical
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