A project manager has just finished initiating a project. While planning the project manager notes that several essential team members do not have the required skills for key tasks later in the project. What should the project manager do first?
A. Develop the resource management plan and ensure adequate training
B. Replace the current project team members
C. Outsource the task to be completed by a specialized vendor.
D. Update the issue log to account for the lack of team member qualifications
A food company is developing a new product using a predictive approach, and the product is currently in the testing phase. Given the nature of the feedback of the tests, the project manager has decided to use an iterative approach. At the end of one of the iterations, a new regulation related to the product is enacted.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Make a change request regarding the project's scope to ensure compliance.
B. Include an assessment to verfy compliance in the next iteration
C. Conduct an iteration review to address the new regulation
D. Start the tests over, adapting the trials to the new regulation
A project manager is assigned to a project in a company that is transitioning to agile. Not all stakeholders believe in the project, and some stakeholders would like the entire project defined and planned out early in the project. However, the project sponsor needs a quick win to ensure the continuation of the project.
What approach should the project manager use?
A. An agile approach as this would provide working functionality earlier
B. A predictive approach as this would please the senior stakeholders
C. A hybrid project as this will mitigate stakeholders' concerns.
D. A predictive approach as this will show benefits for all stakeholders
Project A is critical for the company and must be completed within nine months. The project charter has been signed but the project scope statement has not been prepared. Management asks the project manager to move forward with the project without an approved project scope statement.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and add it to the risk register
B. Refuse to work on the project because management is not following standard project management practices
C. Meet with management to explain the potential problems with running a project without a project scope statement
D. Start the project with inputs from the project charter to save time
The product team is progressing with a prototyping approach to deliver a multiyear business initiative. A few user stones are taking longer to be delivered. What should the project manager do?
A. Determine the risks and identify a resolution during the retrospective meeting
B. Inform stakeholders about the delay during project updates
C. Determine cross-dependencies and plan a spike in the next spont
D. Discover the gaps in the communications management plan and address them accordingly
A key stakeholder for a construction project has been spending a lot of time at the site and interrupting the team's efforts. What should the project manager do in this situation?
A. Work to understand the key stakeholder's concerns and provide feedback in regular project status reports
B. Arrange an ad hoc meeting to address the key stakeholder's concerns with team members
C. Reinforce with the key stakeholder that the project is performing on schedule
D. Escalate the situation to the project sponsor because the key stakeholder's behavior is impacting progress
During a daily standup meeting, a roadblock was raised that is preventing one of the team members from proceeding with work. The project manager figures out that it is due to a technical issue. What should the project manager do to prioritize this critical impediment?
A. Solve the issue for the team member.
B. Perform a brainstorming session to address the issue and add the solution to the sprint.
C. Escalate the issue to the software vendor for technical resolution
D. Coach the team to come up with their own solution and add it to the next sprint
A newly formed team has become accustomed to agile practices. The project lead has noticed that, while they are performing according to expectations, there is boredom with daily team practices among many of the team members. What should the project lead do in this situation?
A. Challenge the team to find new ways to achieve higher levels of performance to improve the situation.
B. Speak with individual team members to determine what they would like to do to improve the situation in the team
C. Have the team inform senior management of the situation and ask for recommendations.
D. Allow the team to self-organize and have them analyze the situation in their retrospective session and self correct
During the implementation of a project, the project team discovered a new opportunity. After an internal review, the team agreed that the opportunity was outside the project scope. The project manager decided to update the risk register and escalate the opportunity to a higher level.
What should the project manager do next with this opportunity?
A. Share this opportunity with another project
B. Establish a contingency reserve to support the opportunity
C. Further monitor the opportunity
D. No more action is required
A team member shares with their functional manager some negative details about the performance of another team member that was discussed during the retrospective. The project manager finds out about this discussion. What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two.)
A. Contact the team member's functional manager and invite them to the next retrospective
B. Meet with the entire team to review the ground rules about safe environments
C. Meet with the product owner to talk about the situation.
D. Contact the team member to explain what information can be shared outside the team
E. Meet with the sponsor to review the situation.
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