Project reviews are done regularly in a project. The team has encountered a critical technical issue that will be discussed in the next project review. Who should the project manager invite to the review for an effective decision on the way forward?
A. Internal team
B. Project team
C. Management team
D. End user team
A project manager is leading a team that is geographically dispersed. The team needs to collaborate and finalize the monthly reports. Occasionally, meetings occur during the weekends due to the time differences. Team members have expressed that they do not want to work on the weekends.
What should the project manager do?
A. Take over the activity and deliver the reports whenever work is required on a weekend.
B. Avoid reporting during the months that team members would need to work on the weekend.
C. Remind the team members of their governance responsibilities documented in the team charter.
D. Communicate to the project stakeholders that the reports will be delayed certain months of the year.
A project has been reporting a declining schedule performance index (SPI) for the past four reviews. No corrective action is under development, and the project team does not seem concerned. What should the project manager do first to address the SPI trend?
A. Notify the project stakeholders that the scope needs to be reduced in order to hold the costs within budget.
B. Engage with the project team to create a plan that will deliver benefits on a defined and incremental basis.
C. Contact the project sponsor to let them know you require more resources to meet the schedule.
D. Meet with the project scheduler to rebaseline the project using a more realistic schedule.
A critical deliverable for the current iteration is giving the team difficulties. Functionality and quality issues are constantly emerging and delaying iteration progress. The project manager listens to the team's concerns and discovered that the work is not being well coordinated among the team members.
Which two actions should the project manager take to handle this situation? (Choose two.)
A. Develop a team performance report to discuss in the next retrospective meeting.
B. Provide dear instructions on how the work should flow among the team members.
C. Schedule an iteration backlog refinement meeting to understand the issues.
D. Set up one-on-one meetings to provide feedback to the team members.
E. Prioritize the issues, focusing on the ones affecting the iteration goal.
After sending an on-site meeting invitation to seven people for the kick-off meeting of a project, a key stakeholder declines because they will be at another location for the rest of the month. What should the project manager do?
A. Change the kick-off meeting to a virtual meeting so all can attend at the same time.
B. Hold the kick-off meeting with the rest of the stakeholders to avoid a delay in the project.
C. Reschedule the kick-off meeting for the following month so all can attend on-site.
D. Make arrangements for the stakeholder to join the kick-off meeting virtually.
A new team member has joined a project team. During the first sprint, the new team member approached the project manager and requested to implement a new way of testing. The team has been resistant to the proposed change. What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the new team member to focus only on development and not do the testing.
B. Coach the new team member to conduct the testing the way it has always been done for this project.
C. Schedule a meeting with the new team member to learn about the new method of testing.
D. Request that the new team member do the testing the way it has always been done for this project.
A project manager analyzes the cumulative flow chart and identifies a bottleneck in the testing activities from a self-organizing team. After discussing it with the team, a gap related to testing skills is identified. What should the project manager do to address the issue?
A. Support the team to identify an approach to resolve the problem.
B. Ask the development team to slow down so the testers can catch up.
C. Provide training to the entire team so they all will be able to perform tests.
D. Onboard a new project team member who has testing skills.
A key stakeholder is refusing to participate in a crucial project stage and disagrees with the project team's approach. This situation is affecting the project team's morale. What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the project team to meet and document why the stakeholder's approach is incorrect.
B. Schedule a meeting with the project team and the key stakeholder as soon as possible to discuss and agree on an approach.
C. Discuss the issue with the project team during a project status meeting and request that they change the approach.
D. Ask the project sponsor to meet with the project team and key stakeholder to discuss the approach.
A key project team member is out on sick leave in the middle of a critical project iteration. The project sponsor learns that any delay with the end-of-iteration release will displease the business stakeholders. Although all team members are cross-functional, they are also working close to full capacity.
What should the project manager do to address this situation?
A. Discuss this with the team so they can complete the work of the unavailable team member and aim for the release deadline.
B. Discuss this with the team so they are able to reprioritize critical tasks and aim for the release deadline.
C. Discuss this with the sponsor and hold a meeting with the stakeholders so all of the team challenges can be shared.
D. Discuss the issues with the sponsor to fully convey the problem of the unavailable resource and the amount of work being done.
An experienced, high-performing team has two new team members. After several iterations with the new team members, the project manager noticed that the team's performance has decreased. What should the project manager do?
A. Evaluate the two new team members.
B. Replace the two new team members.
C. Provide the team with a coaching session.
D. Allow the teams to organize themselves.
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