A project manager is using an agile approach. During the sprint planning meeting, the product owner flagged a backlog item as high business value and easy to implement. However, the other team members identified a high dependency between this item and another item that is flagged as low business value and high complexity.
What should the project manager do to support the backlog prioritization?
A. Prioritize the item flagged as high business value and low complexity for this sprint.
B. Support the team to move both items to the next sprint when the team will know more.
C. Facilitate the discussion until the team reaches an agreement about the two items.
D. Prioritize the item flagged as a dependency with low business value and high complexity.
A few developers have identified a list of impediments at the daily standup and are asking for the project lead's assistance in prioritizing them. There are a few complex backlog items, and a new junior tester has identified a few compliance defects. The product owner and a couple of developers will be leaving the project team, and the contract with the test and production support partner will not be renewed.
Which issue should the project lead focus on first?
A. Developing a new contract for production support.
B. Finding a new product owner to prioritize the product backlog.
C. Regulatory compliance issues discussed in the meeting.
D. Recruiting, onboarding, and training new developers.
There is frequent conflict between two project team members working on a project. This has caused a negative impact on the project. How should the project manager handle this situation?
A. Counsel both team members and caution them with a final warning.
B. Escalate the issue to the human resources (HR) manager before a larger problem develops.
C. Help cultivate self-awareness between the two team members through emotional intelligence (El).
D. Relocate the two project team members into different project teams.
A team has had issues with behavior on an ongoing project, which is causing conflicts. As a result, the team is losing momentum and falling behind in its sprints.
How should the project manager handle this situation?
A. Engage a counselor to reconcile the situation between the team members affected.
B. Control backlog assignments and reduce direct communications between team members.
C. Revisit the ground rules and team communication protocols, and discuss what is happening.
D. Require team members experiencing the conflicts to take a day off from work.
A project manager is part of an organization that is assessing the use of agile delivery approaches. A new project management office (PMO) manager who had a bad experience with a Scrum approach recommended that the project board replace Scrum with a predictive approach.
What should the project manager do?
A. Review the benefits realization plan to include the cost of the change.
B. Define a project management plan for the new approach, as needed.
C. Define a risk management plan for the new approach, as needed.
D. Review the communications management plan to identify new stakeholders.
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?
A. Determine the impact of the risk and prioritize outcomes that do not affect the tax module.
B. Delay developing the indirect tax module until the tax regulation comes into effect.
C. Assess the impact of the risk with an expert and prioritize further outcomes with the client.
D. Analyze the impact of the risk and discuss with the team to determine how to separate the tax module.
An agile project for a database migration impacts nearly all business units of the corporation. Every effort has been made to complete the migration before the end-of-support date for the database platform. A new impediment now implies the need to continue use of the old platform another year at a higher support price.
What should the product owner do about this situation?
A. Reprioritize the backlog based on value and cost of delay divided by duration.
B. Switch to a predictive approach to prevent any further delays to completion.
C. Reprioritize the backlog based on story size and competence availability.
D. Remove low-value items from the backlog to compensate for the higher cost.
A company is going through structural changes. A couple of people will leave the company as their positions were made redundant. The team members are unhappy as they do not understand why the changes are being made when the project is on track.
What should the project manager do?
A. Advise the team to continue their work as planned because the schedule cannot be changed.
B. Organize a team meeting to discuss the changes and their importance for the company.
C. Advise the team that the changes were decided by the CEO and must be implemented.
D. Inform the project sponsor about the team's unhappiness and ask for overtime pay.
An agile team is brainstorming and prioritizing all of the risks according to severity. What should the team do about the identified risks?
A. Mitigate the risks that are applicable to the current and following iterations.
B. Focus on the project deliverables rather than the documented risks.
C. Agree that any issue can be handled when it becomes a problem.
D. Acknowledge that the risks will be handled in the corresponding iteration.
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. Reach an agreement with the team on how to handle the situation.
B. Reach out to the procurement team to hire a substitute for the team member.
C. Allow senior management to decide how to proceed with the project.
D. Convince the team member not to leave until the project is completed.
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