PMP_841_900

A senior management team member contacts an agile project lead and mentions that certain features the senior manager thought would be in the current release were not included. What should the agile project lead do?. A. Send the product roadmap to the senior manager. B. Assure the senior manager that these features will be queued up in the next sprint. C. Invite the senior manager to the next planning meeting. D. Meet with the team to understand why the senior manager's features were not included.

An agile team is working on a two-week sprint to deliver business value. About one week after the sprint starts, the product owner realizes that a regulatory compliance requirement was missed. The product owner reminds the team that this requirement must be completed in the current sprint or the organization will face a penalty. What should the project manager do to mitigate this risk?. A. Review the issue with the project sponsor and ask for more time to complete this requirement. B. Complete an impact analysis as the scope of the sprint backlog cannot be changed after the sprint has started. C. Include the compliance user story in the next sprint as the team is fully occupied with the current sprint. D. Request the team to add the user story to the current sprint and let them work on it.

A project manager is in a team meeting and the project team requires a decision to be made about a new suggested timeline due to an impact from a potential scope change. What should the project manager do?. A. Follow the stakeholder engagement plan. B. Review the stakeholder map along with the organizational chart and delegate the most senior person to make the decision. C. Schedule a project decision meeting with all stakeholders to discuss the decision. D. Make the decision on behalf of the organization.

A pharmacy needs to launch a medication delivery service. An interdisciplinary team was created in order to have the service ready in one-month when it usually takes ve months to complete. What should the project manager do?. A. Register a risk and dene a contingency plan. B. Review and reduce the project backlog. C. Assist the team in proposing a minimum viable product (MVP). D. Ask to increase the capacity of the team.

A software company oce will be shut down for repairs, and a project team will be required to work remotely. A few team members have never worked this way and are apprehensive of how they will be able to consistently deliver their work products. What should the project manager do to ensure that the team continues to perform while working remotely?. A. Request funding from management to enable all team members to work from an alternative workspace. B. Reach out to the resource managers for alternative team members who have experience working remotely. C. Identify areas of training for the team to be able to use remote tools for team collaboration. D. Reduce the scope of the project to compensate for productivity during remote working conditions.

A project team has been formed, and the tasks have been assigned to each team member. All team members have agreed to follow a hybrid project approach. What should the project manager do to ensure the team performs as an organized unit?. A. Call a team meeting to discuss team members’ strengths and weaknesses. B. Advise the team to adjust their work habits and behaviors to allow for better conict resolution. C. Establish rules and regulations for team members with consequences if the goals are not reached. D. Establish team behavior and develop an understanding of how to work together.

A project manager is launching an agile project with team members located in multiple countries. In order to connect the team and improve the overall productivity, what should the project manager do?. A. Consider bringing the team members together periodically to work on critical tasks and bond together. B. Schedule a different meeting with each of the regions, being the primary point of contact for all team members worldwide. C. Schedule weekly meetings with a key contact for each region who will be responsible for disseminating information back to the team. D. Keep all meetings at the same time, using the time zone for the company's headquarters as a reference.

A project manager has been working with the same group of stakeholders for 3 years using a predictive approach. The stakeholders have invested in many projects and are familiar with the approach. Recently, the organization has strongly encouraged all project managers to adopt an agile approach. This was announced 2 weeks before the project manager planned to kick off a large, complex project with the same group of stakeholders. What should the project manager do?. A. Continue to use the predictive approach in the new project since it is the approach the stakeholders are familiar with using. B. Share the pros and cons of adopting an agile approach for the new project only with the team and ask them to decide which approach to use. C. Use the agile approach in the new project and schedule agile training for those stakeholders who are new to this approach. D. Share and discuss the pros and cons of adopting agile with the stakeholders and choose the approach they prefer for the new project.

A project manager is managing a hybrid project. A stakeholder has directly contacted a team member and has requested a change. Due to the request, the team member was distracted from their work, which caused a loss in productivity What should the team member do?. A. Inform the scrum master so that the change can be discussed directly with the stakeholder. B. Inform the scrum master regarding the stakeholder's request for a change and the impact this has had on productivity. C. Inform the stakeholder that the correct procedure for new requirements is to provide it directly to the project manager. D. Inform the stakeholder that the correct procedure for new requirements is to provide it directly to the change control board (CCB).

A bank has decided to initiate a project to transition from serving small businesses and entrepreneurs to mid- and large-scale businesses. The country’s economy is struggling, and some stakeholders cannot agree on this transformation need. What should the project manager do?. A. Escalate the issue to the sponsor and ask for stakeholder engagement. B. Review the project business case and update it periodically. C. Implement a communications management plan. D. Plan for strategic program management.

The project team is planning a schedule with limited information. The team is having issues identifying the detailed tasks and estimating task duration. Which three techniques should the project manager use? (Choose three.). A. Gantt chart that includes milestones and deadlines. B. Rolling wave planning and an adaptive approach. C. Relative estimation to determine the task or deliverable sizes. D. Iterations and reviews to continuously keep adapting the plan. E. Bottom-up estimating based on a work breakdown structure (WBS).

During project execution, the project manager observes lower velocity and a high volume of tasks in the testing queue. The project is using a hybrid approach and there are only a few sprints remaining. What should the project manager do?. A. Provide testing training to all the project team members. B. Add a new resource with testing skills to the team. C. Work with the team to understand and solve the issues. D. Increase the sprint duration so the testing can be completed.

While creating the work breakdown structure (WBS) with the team, the project manager highlights that the customer requested a proof of concept and will only continue the project based on the results of the proof of concept. A key team member insists that since this customer has a history of requesting proof of concepts and continuing with the projects, the team needs to plan for the whole project, not just the proof of concept. What should the project manager do?. A. Instruct the team member to continue with the current work. B. Evaluate the scope of work as described in the project charter. C. Implement the 100% rule for creating the WBS. D. Validate with the team member, and create a WBS for the entire project.

A project is nearing completion. The contingency time has been consumed. To ensure that the nal deliverables are achieved on time and within budget, the project manager has asked the team to follow a rigorous process. This is causing some resistance among the team members. What should the project manager do to address the growing resistance?. A. Describe to the team members how specic tools and techniques can be used to nish on time. B. Convince team members to use a specic methodology to complete the project on time. C. Crash the project schedule and ask project team members to work overtime to meet the new timeline. D. Motivate project team members by offering incentives to complete the project on time.

During project completion, a project manager receives a request from the customer for a reduced cost of goods. The customer's request will affect the sales department's budget and forecast. In order to reach a consensus and have a successful project completion, what should the project manager do rst?. A. Initiate a change request to accommodate the revised cost of goods. B. Identify and satisfy both parties’ underlying wants. C. Analyze the bounds of the negotiation for agreement with both parties. D. Comply with the customer's request to achieve the project mandate.

A customer calls the project manager to express concern about a project team member who has been making changes within the live environment without approval. The team member mentioned that the customer called and asked them to make the changes. What should the project manager do next?. A. Organize a meeting to mediate the relationship between the customer and the team member to ensure no feelings are hurt. B. Explain to the customer that the team member was just trying to help and the changes can be reverted if necessary. C. Ask the customer to email all requests directly to you and you will ensure they are actioned by the correct team member. D. Reinforce the value of documenting and approving all change requests and ask the customer to issue these through the agreed channels.

A project manager is leading a project when a major crisis suddenly causes an economic downturn, which may threaten the project outcome. What should the project manager do?. A. Update the project charter and benets management plan with the current realities. B. Create a proposal suggesting that the project sponsor terminate the project. C. Reallocate some project resources to other assignments in the organization. D. Document the new risks in the project benets management plan and risk management plan.

A project manager is preparing to start a new project in which the team members are distributed geographically across different countries. The project manager is using the communications management plan to engage the team members and nd a communication method that suits everyone. How should the project manager continually evaluate the effectiveness of the virtual team’s engagement?. A. Hold meetings in accordance with the team members’ preferences and availability. B. Collect feedback from the team to discuss alternatives to enhance the communication. C. Conduct individual meetings to create a trusting environment with team members. D. Establish periodic face-to-face meetings and address the communication topic.

A project manager had to schedule additional planning sessions to add requirements from an international stakeholder. The stakeholder expressed concern about the product not meeting the client's needs. Which factor should the project manager have considered when developing the product?. A. Responsibility matrix. B. Stakeholder’s location. C. Availability of resources. D. Stakeholder’s needs.

A consultancy rm is nally selected and contracted for a project following an extensive and competitive procurement process. A few months into project execution, the client asks the project manager why the consultant is contracted for only 18 months instead of the full 32-month-long project. The project manager will need to carry out an unplanned second bidding process to ensure services are in place until the end of the project. What should the project manager have done to prevent this?. A. Developed a detailed, phased procurement management plan including all activities required and had the client approve it. B. Included the client in all negotiation phases with the consultancy to obtain their advanced approval before signing the contract. C. Agreed beforehand with the client on the frequency of reporting on the status of the procurement activities within the project. D. Prepared and negotiated a second contract with the consultancy rm for the remaining 14 months after the rst contract signature.

A project team is prioritizing the creation of project artifacts and enforcing it rigidly, while they face issues with delays in deliverables. How should the project manager respond?. A. Advise the team that solely focusing on artifacts will not produce successful project deliverables. B. Implement stricter controls so that project artifact creation is given the utmost importance. C. Recognize the team’s efforts for documenting artifacts and motivate them with an incentive mechanism. D. Facilitate the implementation of an automated tool for the team to manage project artifacts.

A project manager was recently assigned to a banking IT project. The project team has been developing products using a predictive approach for more than 10 years, but management wants the team to change to an agile approach. The project manager met with the team to introduce the agile approach. Most of the team members complained about changing approaches because the performance of this team has always been above average among the IT teams in the bank. Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two). A. Interview the most resistant team members to persuade them to try to accept an agile approach. B. Conduct training sessions with the team so that the team can understand what the agile approach and mindset are. C. Brainstorm with the team to understand the specics of the team’s project and to identity possible alternative approaches for the team. D. Ask the team to identify the product backlog and create a kanban board for the team to manage and follow the approach. E. Meet with management to explain the team’s resistance to the agile approach and request that they formally ask the team to implement agile.

An agile project has a broad set of product features intended for different user proles and usages. It is dicult to dene common acceptance criteria that can apply to all the features. How can the project manager ensure that the appropriate acceptance criteria are applied to the features?. A. Integrate the acceptance criteria review into the denition of ready (DoR) for each feature and associated tests into the feature’s denition of done (DoD). B. Dene the acceptance criteria and specic functional test cases only after analyzing the user feedback from testing the early feature release. C. Integrate the specic tests into the denition of ready (DoR) for each feature and the acceptance criteria into the feature’s denition of done (DoD). D. Use the broadest set of acceptance criteria to ensure that all features have a common quality baseline and associated functional test cases.

A member of a testing team in an agile project works well with the project team. However, in the previous two iterations, this team member's performance was poor, and the team had diculty meeting the iteration goals. How should the project manager handle this situation?. A. Speak to the team member regarding the need to improve performance. B. Allow the project team to discuss the problem with this team member. C. Discuss the issue with the team member's functional manager. D. Inform the human resource (HR) department about the issue.

A company is set to execute a project across different localities and countries. Right before execution, a press release from one of the impacted communities expresses disapproval of the project. What should the project manager do rst?. A. Engage all critical stakeholders and align project objectives with expectations from the community. B. Include the community statement as a new risk in the project’s risk register. C. Approach the government to obtain their support and inuence to engage the community. D. Update the stakeholder communications plan to ensure that the community is always informed.

All activities for Project A are ahead of schedule, except for one activity that is on the critical path. The resource manager is requesting that the team members join Project B, which is an important project in the organization that is behind schedule. What should the project manager do?. A. Ask the stakeholders to pause Project A because Project B is more important. B. Release the team members from Project A who are not working on a critical path activity,. C. Agree to reassign all team members to Project B due to its importance. D. Retain the team members on Project A and complete the planned activities as committed.

A new project manager is working on a time-sensitive social media strategy for a software development company that is building a communications management plan for the stakeholders. This is the rst major project since the company shifted to working remotely on a fulltime basis. After reviewing all previous company artifacts, the project manager nds a standard operating procedure (SOP) document outlining how all communication should take place. How should the project manager proceed?. A. Adhere to the SOP for the project, make a note of required changes, and escalate to the change management board. B. Use the SOP as a base plan and make updates during the control and monitoring phase of the project. C. Ignore the SOP and write a separate communications management plan for this project. D. Assess the SOP for relevancy, make updates, and circulate to the stakeholders for comment during project planning.

A project team is reviewing the project business document for a phase-gate session and discovers that the benets need to be validated by the project sponsor. Unfortunately, the project sponsor was recently changed, and the new sponsor does not seem to be supportive. What should the project manager do to address this situation?. A. Notify and escalate to the high-level management team and request that they take action. B. Arrange for a discussion with the project sponsor and clarify the project business document. C. Schedule a one-on-one meeting with the project sponsor to obtain their buy-in on the project benets. D. Identify and add the change in management as a risk in the risk register.

A project is being executed in multiple phases. Midway through, the customer wants to bring in a new tool to replace the existing software in the project as part of their improvement program. The project team has identied the changes and submitted the change request to the customer for approval What should the project manager do next?. A. Prioritize the impact of the change and modify the project management plan. B. Inform management of the customer's organizational change. C. Examine the business value of the change request. D. Perform a team-skills versus project-skills analysis.

A company is building a minimum viable product (MVP). How can the project manager help to ensure the company builds a high-quality product?. A. Partner with a qualied third-party vendor to develop a product that meets the requirements. B. Hire a quality engineering leader to drive the strategy. C. Determine the quality metrics for the product and recommend options for improvements. D. Ask the product manager to spend more time improving quality.

Drag the interpersonal skill on the left to the correct scenario on the right. Emotional Intelligence. Networking. Conflict Management. Leadership.

The team has reported the following impediments at the daily standup meeting. Drag each impediment on the left to the action that the project manager needs to take on the right. I am waiting for resources from another team before I can continue on this story. I finished my story but found that the acceptance criteria caused a conflict with another story. I had to work on something that was not on the task board.

A new project manager for an agile project is reviewing, with an established team, some of the roles to avoid confusion on what to expect. Drag the description on the left to the appropriate role on the right. Discuss inter-dependencies within other projects. Assign acceptance criteria and set goals. Assume leadership as needed.

According to a new product development process, the marketing department will begin adding business and user requirements directly into agile project documents. Drag the Product Information on the left to the correct documents on 1 the right. Competitive differentiators a product can provide. Description of how credit card data privacy is handled when a user makes a purchase. Confirmation that a test successfully showed that a user mistake is well handled.

After nalizing a complex project, the project manager notices that multiple risks became issues during the execution phase. Unfortunately, the project manager was not prepared to deal with them as they were low probability and impact risks. What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?. A. Scheduled daily meetings with key stakeholders to assess project risks. B. Hired a risk analyst to constantly monitor the project risks. C. Classied all risks as high probability and impact. D. Assessed and prioritized risks continuously along the project life cycle.

A project manager is about to kick off a new project with the team. Due to an unprecedented event, all team members are currently working remotely. How should the project manager ensure the continuity of information sharing for the project?. A. Encourage the team to create and distribute larger weekly reports. B. Setup clear communication channels with increased team interactions online. C. Advise the team to communicate as much as possible with all team members. D. Send out multiple emails regarding the project's milestone deadlines.

A project manager is assigned to an automotive product development project in the middle of the pilot phase. According to the test lab, a durability test was completed with good results six weeks ago, but there were no reports left behind by the test engineer who left the organization the previous month. What should the previous project manager have done to prevent this issue?. A. Built a pair-engineering environment so that experienced engineers always work with junior engineers to assist in knowledge transfer. B. Led a technical benchmark workshop every month to share state-of-the-art technology trends and ask all team members to attend the workshop. C. Contracted with a third-party test lab to outsource all testing processes and required that they produce all test reports. D. Built shared repository for the project in the internal server and asked the team to create, record, and save all project deliverables to the server.

A project sponsor asked the product owner to deliver the functionality that provides the highest return on investment (ROI) as soon as possible. Which artifact should the project lead use to track benets?. A. Requirements backlog. B. Product backlog. C. Project charter. D. Project scope.

A project has progressed signicantly and is getting close to completion. The project manager observed that team members are no longer focused and have started arriving to work late. What should the project manager do?. A. Engage functional managers to secure roles for team members. B. Hold motivation sessions to keep team member morale high. C. Ask for replacement project team members. D. Penalize team members who arrive to work late.

A project manager is leading a project to develop a new mobile application. During an informal conversation, a stakeholder asked the project manager to add new features to the current sprint. What should the project manager do?. A. Request the stakeholder to wait until the following sprint planning. B. Discuss this demand during the following standup meeting. C. Accept the change request and negotiate the time line. D. Ask the product owner to discuss this request with the stakeholder.

A project manager is assigned to a strategic communication project that involves subject matter experts (SMEs), interns, and new recruits. The project manager discovers that the project is not gaining much traction due to knowledge gaps from the interns. The budget for training is exhausted and the project needs to be delivered without delay. Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two.). A. Identify the sources and specics of the knowledge gap from the interns and new recruits. B. Initiate a project change request for additional budget to train the interns and new recruits. C. Ignore the issues with the project and try to deliver the project successfully without asking for training funds. D. Put the interns and new recruits into groups and assign a SME as a mentor. E. Hire more SMEs and inform the human resources manager to lay off the nonperforming interns and new recruits.

A project manager has been newly assigned to an existing project. The project manager noted that the input from a business unit, which is critical to the success of the project, was not included in any project assets. Instead, there were many complaints about the project's operational results and the alignment with solutions affected by the business unit's operations. What action should the project manager take?. A. Validate that the project requirements information is up-to-date. B. Determine the degree to which the project is in compliance. C. Optimize alignment among needs, expectations, and project objectives. D. Determine a strategy for change responses to new objective requests.

During the fourth sprint, a project manager noticed that none of the customer representatives have participated in any of the sprints. The team told the project manager that they had a prototype ready. What should the project manager do next?. A. Contact the customer to conrm that they received updates of the work in progress (WIP). B. Tell the team to create a prototype manual to provide guidance for the end user. C. Deliver a presentation about the capabilities to the quality assurance (QA) team. D. Invite the customer representatives to the review meeting to review the prototype with the team.

A project is late due to a large number of scope changes. This was raised as a risk in the risk register during the initiation phase. The team is afraid that they will be blamed in case of failure and recommends that the project manager ask for an extension. What should the project manager do rst?. A. Ask the team to document the impact of the risk in detail. B. Refer to the change log and ensure that changes are documented. C. Refer to the risk register and follow the mitigation plan. D. Ask the sponsor for their advice on the way forward.

A project is on its second iteration out of eight. After some daily meetings, the project manager notices that one team member is always directing the meeting. The team is not comfortable with the situation and, as a result, the activities are blocked. What should the project manager do?. A. Conduct a session to help the team improve their interactions. B. Update the risk register and dene a contingency plan. C. Moderate the daily meetings to help the team to feel more comfortable. D. Meet with the team member to show the impact of their behavior.

A company is looking to adopt a new software solution to align business processes across multiple business units using a technology that was never used in the organization. What should the project manager focus on?. A. New system and the likelihood of technical debt. B. Specic requirements for important departments. C. Out-of-scope requirements across the organization. D. Conicting priorities and business requirements.

A steering committee has asked the project manager to assist with the decision-making process between build versus buy delivery options. Which value metric should the project manager evaluate to respond to the steering committee's request?. A. Net present value (NPV). B. Earned value (EV). C. Impact value. D. Expected monetary value (EMV).

An organization is transitioning to an agile project delivery approach. Each project is structured as a Scrum team. A project is in the initiation phase. In one of the workshops, a business subject matter expert (SME) indicated that the project may have legal constraints. The legal team was not identied as a stakeholder in the project brief. What should the project lead do?. A. Ask the solutions architect to contact the legal department and create the epic(s) in the product backlog. B. Advise the SME that there are no legal requirements identied in the project brief and continue the workshop. C. Ask the project sponsor to contact the legal department and identify the legal impact. D. Add the legal department to the list of stakeholders and contact them to discuss the project scope.

A member of an agile team constantly borrows the password to enter the software development platform. This situation has created a problem, because a version of the code was modied without authorization and nobody wants to take responsibility for this modication. What should the project lead have done to prevent this situation?. A. Checked user permissions. B. Defined the ground rules. C. Reviewed the security policies. D. Shared the code of ethics.

A project manager is assigned to an analysis project for a customer. The project manager needs to keep the performance of the team a step ahead of the estimated delivery schedules. What should the project manager do to impact the sprint cycles going forward on the project?. A. Build the capacity of the team to improve sprint cycles and provide weekly trend reports. B. Engage an expert in project management to explain to the team how fast to work on the sprint cycle. C. Work with the team on how to focus on only precommunicated project results. D. Train the team to analyze data and complete the user stories within the schedule.

A project manager is working on a project implementing a new time management system that will be rolled out in the next three months throughout the whole organization. Some managers have doubts about the transition period. How should the project manager align with the managers during the rollout and cut over?. A. Organize a sprint review for the new business units one month before the transition ends. B. Organize sprint reviews with the managers, grouping them based on hierarchy. C. Organize sprint reviews for all managers, grouping them based on the deployment schedule. D. Organize a full-day sprint review with all the senior managers in the organization.

An organization is using a hybrid delivery approach for a complex project. In the iteration review, a senior manager asks for a complete redesign of the functionality presented. The manager is new to the organization and has no experience with agile delivery. What should the project lead do rst?. A. Ask the development team to explain how the functionality was implemented. B. Ask the manager for more details about their expectations for the functionality. C. Inform the manager that the agreed upon scope cannot be changed. D. Inform the manager that their request will be escalated to the project sponsor.

A team has noticed a labeling mistake in two different prototypes. The mistake resulted in a need to apply a different destructive testing plan for each prototype. This resulted in a decline in team morale. What should the project lead do?. A. Lead the team through the next sprint to prevent a similar issue. B. Inuence stakeholders to support the team allowing recovery within limits. C. Bring in subject matter experts (SMEs) to coach the team. D. Use cost and time contingencies to mitigate a project baseline impact.

A project manager is working on a project that is using a hybrid approach. One key input for the deliverable will be from the outcome of another project that is using an agile approach. What should the project manager do next?. A. Participate in the other project's daily standup meetings. B. Ask the other project manager to change the delivery methodology. C. Align with the other project manager's high-level project time lines. D. Request that the other project manager develop a work breakdown structure (WBS).

A project manager is working on a software development contract. The project is halfway through a 3-year contract when there is a change in the political landscape and 20% of the stakeholders are replaced. Almost immediately decisions become delayed, invoices go unpaid, and meetings become unmanageable. What tool would assist the project manager to better understand the new project landscape?. A. Communication analysis. B. Power distance analysis. C. Stakeholder analysis. D. Engagement analysis.

A project manager is managing a new type of project for a traditional organization. The culture of the organization is not typically in support of change. Which two factors should the project manager consider in developing the portion of the project plan related to culture? (Choose two.). A. The relevant experience and qualications of each team member. B. The amount of exibility the team exercises while doing work. C. The amount of risk the organization is willing to accept. D. The speed the team can perform without compromising quality. E. The inuence of the stakeholders on the project.

While preparing an earned value analysis (EVA) for a project sponsor, the project manager provides the following information in the latest project report: Approved work package cost estimates: US$9,500 Contingency reserves: US$500 - Management reserves: 10% of contingency reserves Percent complete of the project: 50% Planned percent of the project: 40% Actual cost (AC) of the project: US$4,500 According to the project status, the current budget at completion (BAC) is considered achievable. What value represents the cost performance required for the remaining work to keep the project cost goal within the baseline?. A. 0.91. B. 0.88. C. 0.64. D. 1.25.

Due to a change in market conditions, the business value for the original project requirements has changed. What should the project manager consider for execution?. A. Evaluate and work on small requirements to deliver business value. B. Negotiate with the stakeholder to deliver with existing business value. C. Continue as planned since changes will have no impact on the project. D. Take into consideration the requirements with the modied business value.

A supplier that the company has used for years has trouble accepting the new terms of an agile contract. They do not understand the terms in the contract and feel they should not have to sign it because they have had a long relationship with the company. Which action should the project manager take?. A. Train the supplier in agile approaches to help them understand the contract. B. Change contract terms and conditions to avoid losing the supplier. C. Issue a request for proposal (RFP) to nd new suppliers with agile experience. D. Ask the team if they can do the work until there is an available supplier.