A project manager is assigned to oversee the deployment of a new product that will be used by the entire organization. A key success factor for the project is the timely and successful adoption of the new solution by all entities. What should the project manager do to ensure the success of this critical project?
A. Considering the project scope and the multiple entities impacted by the solution, communicate with the stakeholders and ask them to adhere to the date.
B. Ask the project sponsor to issue a directive requesting all business entities to accept the date set for the new solution launch.
C. Given the size of the organization and the multiple parties involved, discuss the launch date with the CEO and then communicate it to all entities.
D. Engage in creative and iterative negotiations with the leaders of each entity to agree on the launch date.
A project manager identifies an issue between two team members that is affecting the development of one of the deliverables during the second iteration of a project. How should the project manager address this issue to avoid any impact to the project?
A. Contact the functional managers to request substitutes for the conflicting team members.
B. Send a warning to both team members indicating that if the issue continues, both will be removed from the project.
C. Schedule a meeting with both team members to understand the issue and facilitate a solution that satisfies both parties.
D. Escalate both team members to their respective functional managers and let them take the appropriate actions
A project manager brings in a new team member from an agile environment to work in a predictive environment. The project manager expects to leverage the new team member's agile experience with the existing team members. What should the project manager do to integrate the new team member effectively?
A. Train the new team member in the predictive project management approach.
B. Acknowledge that hiring this new employee is a risk to the existing team
C. Set expectations with the new team member and explain what is needed
D. Meet with all team members and explain the new employee's position.
After completion of a project with specific users in various countries, the project manager's supervisor asks if the project users are satisfied with the way the project was run. What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)
A. Prepare the lessons learned from the project phase.
B. Obtain official approval on the new process from the various countries
C. Send a questionnaire to the project participants and seek their feedback.
D. Refer to the communications management plan
E. Deliver the project materials to the users and see if they have any comments
A project manager has noticed that the performance of a new team member has increased dramatically over the past few months. The project manager has been measuring this team member's performance through the cost performance index (CPl) and schedule performance index (SPl) of work packages. The project manager has also assigned new. unrelated work packages to this team member. The project manager wants to formally record the team member's success in the project documentation.
What should the project manager do?
A. Attach a note to the project management plan about the team member
B. Hold a project team meeting about the team member's contribution and take minutes
C. Record the team member's contribution in the responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
D. Send a communication to management recognizing the team member's contributions
A research and development team is finishing up a two year initiative. The project manager is focused on the closing activities for the project. Which activity should be considered as a priority?
A. Mark the product backlog completion status and update the communications management plan.
B. Ensure that knowledge transfer activities are executed as planned
C. Release the resources and plan for a project completion celebration.
D. Hold a steering committee meeting to inform them of the project completion
A project manager meets with external stakeholders to explain the objectives and outline expectations for a new project. A key stakeholder appears to support the project, with the condition that other unrelated projects will receive financial support. Due to cultural sensitivities, the project manager is reluctant to be direct with the key stakeholder on this matter. The project cannot proceed without the support of this stakeholder.
What should the project manager do?
A. Proceed with the project without allowing scope creep to occur
B. Use the contingency funds to provide support for the requested projects
C. Cancel the project since the stakeholder's request is out of scope
D. Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan
A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and external stakeholders. What should the project manager do?
A. Review the stakeholder register and ensure that communications are being followed in line with the communications management plan.
B. Isolate the project team from external factors such as senior management and stakeholders so that decisions can be made more quickly
C. Review the remaining scope and rebaseline the project's schedule to take into account delays in decision making
D. Review the adequacy of the project's governance and ensure that an appropriate structure is in place
After the project charter's approval the project manager needs to work on detailed project requirements, constraints and assumptions with stakeholders. However, not all of the stakeholders are immediately available for a meeting in the short term.
What should the project manager do in order to gather the information needed from stakeholders?
A. Email, call, or meet with each stakeholder separately to obtain their input
B. Conduct a meeting to build the project management plan with the stakeholders who are available
C. Escalate to the project sponsor that not all stakeholders are available for a meeting
D. Meet with the project management team to build the project management plan before consulting stakeholders
Which two actions should a project manager consider while launching a new virtual team? (Choose two)
A. Recruit the best resources within the organization to be part of the virtual team
B. Evaluate the project manager's own strengths and weaknesses as a virtual team leader to identify avoidable pitfalls
C. Identify the types and quantities of resources required for each work package or activity
D. Establish in the beginning, how progress will be monitored and the best means for communicating progress
E. Verify if team members are on more than one team and cannot devote enough time to this team
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