A junior project manager was recently hired to lead a complex project scheduled to kick off in 2 weeks. The junior project manager was introduced to another project manager for mentoring. Which two benefits will the junior project manager realize by being assigned to a mentor? (Choose two)
A. The junior project manager reports administratively to their mentor so that human resource (HR) questions can be answered quickly.
B. The junior project manager can discuss certain problems with their mentor without fear of retribution.
C. The mentor will be immediately available to take over the project if there are problems or project delays.
D. The mentor will be involved in the decision-making processes implemented by the junior project manager.
E. The mentor can provide past project documentation with early warning indicators that potential problems could occur.
A project manager is managing a new development program to automate some technical functions. During project kickoff, the project manager expresses the need for a technical architect to support the project for a moderate amount of time. The project sponsor informs the project manager about an existing technical architect who possesses valuable knowledge but is already assigned at the portfolio level.
What engagement model should the project manager use for the technical architect role to ensure project success?
A. Hire a new technical architect who would be solely dedicated to the current project.
B. Share the existing technical architect so they can be allocated to the current project and other projects.
C. Hire a new technical architect who would be shared between the current project and other projects.
D. Assign the existing technical architect to solely be dedicated to the current project.
A project manager is in the middle of an agile project consisting of 100 user stories, broken down into five iterations. Each user story is worth $50. The actual expenditure is $2,000, and 50 user stories have been delivered. Which statement is true?
A. The project is over budget and behind schedule.
B. The project is under budget and on schedule.
C. The project is under budget and behind schedule.
D. The project is on budget and on schedule.
A project manager is working for an organization in country A and has been tasked with opening the first brick-and-mortar store in country B. The sponsor has identified the city for the store and wants to minimize any potential issues with the local government.
Which action should the project manager take to address the sponsor's request?
A. Work with the organization's real estate department and reach out to the local government to identify the best location for the store.
B. Work with the local government to build the profiles of employees that will be working in the store.
C. Work with the organization's legal department to identify local regulations to ensure project compliance.
D. Work with the organization's project management office (PMO) to build a project team of residents located in the city.
A project team needs to follow regulatory compliance guidelines that are mandatory for the project. What should the project manager do to ensure compliance adherence?
A. Assess compliance when there is time in the project.
B. Assign a project team member to ensure compliance.
C. Review compliance adherence at the end of the project.
D. Include compliance within the development tools.
A project manager who is experienced in predictive and adaptive approaches has been assigned to a new project. Most of the project stakeholders have only worked on predictive projects, and only a few have been exposed to adaptive projects.
What should the project manager do?
A. Propose a hybrid approach and determine which stakeholders will be engaged in each phase of the project.
B. Follow a predictive approach to reduce the training effort, even though there are incremental deliveries in the project.
C. Use an adaptive approach, engage the stakeholders who have been exposed to adaptive projects, and train those who have not.
D. Understand the scope complexity and project magnitude prior to determining which approach to use.
A project manager is leading an agile team. The daily standups and iteration meetings are currently facilitated by the product owner. A team member contacts the project manager and mentions that they are looking to improve their facilitation skills.
How should the project manager respond to this request?
A. Ask the team member to review the lessons learned on facilitation from previous projects.
B. Suggest that the team member facilitate an upcoming iteration and review the outcomes in the iteration retrospective.
C. Engage their functional manager to determine if there is alignment to their development plan before agreeing.
D. Add new elements to the project backlog to account for the training needs of the team member.
A project manager is working on a project to release a new version of a key product. The product strategy and marketing areas are still working on defining the final details for the products appearance, but the team is clear about the main features. During the last sprint review, the project sponser expressed concerns about the low quality of the product.
What should the project manager, as a servant leader, do to address this situation?
A. Dedicate the next sprint to completing the missing details.
B. Apply fast-track techniques to work on the missing details in parallel,
C. Continue iterating and monitoring quality aspects sprint by sprint.
D. Create a new risk entry for the delay in the risk management plan.
Two teams are engaged on a global project which uses a follow-the-sun approach in order to speed up delivery. After the first release, many issues were identified on the product, which could easily have been avoided with better communication.
What should the project manager do?
A. Improve the videoconferencing system to provide better availability and quality in order to increase communication.
B. Have team ambassadors from each location travel to the other in order to facilitate communication and minimize issues.
C. Facilitate a meeting with both teams so that they can agree on the issues and propose solutions that work for both teams.
D. Move working windows so that team members can have increased overlap for the handover of status and issues to their counterparts.
A project manager is working on a project with three virtual teams. Team A is in a different time zone than teams B and C. The project was going well, but recently team A has started feeling left out. Information reaches team A late or is sometimes missed, and teams B and C give preference to each other's problems over team A. The project manager has already set project guidelines, but realizes they need to be improved.
Which two things should the project manager do to help the teams collaborate better? (Choose two)
A. Schedule weekly progress meetings with all three teams and have them take turns as key players.
B. Plan for team members to temporarily work at each other's locations to better provide a sense of community.
C. Update the communications management plan and encourage the teams to review it promptly and proactively.
D. Create a status reporting template and share it with all team members before the day ends.
E. Schedule daily meetings with each team to understand their progress and concerns in detail.
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