‘As your project progresses. a team member suggests a minor modification to one of the project deliverables; saying that the modification will improve the overall performance of the final product You believe that the modification constitutes a minor change to the project scope, schedule, and budget, and should be approved without going to the change control board. What should you do next? Review the change management plan and follow the established process for processing change requests, 5) Submit the change request tothe change control board and abide by their decision, ~, Approve the change request. As the project manager, you should use expert judgment to decide what is best for the project. ‘Meet withthe change control board members individually and try to persuade them to approve the change ~ request.‘Sam is a senior project manager who selected Predictive Life Cycle for the Project Development approach. ‘Sam knows that project deliverables are defined atthe beginning of the project and any changes to the ‘scope baseline must be changed through the formal change control process. The project scope Is at a very high level since the project is in its early stages. The customer wants to modify some of the project's aspects. How should Sam react tothe customer request? Work with the customer to define the project deliverables atthe beginning of the project and make sure ‘that any sope changes are progressively managed. |, Accept the customer request and modify the requirements instantly. Achieving customer satisfaction is a ~ key PMI value that all PMs should target. Wait until the deliverables are finalized and see if the customer wil still have the same modification ? request. Itis not correct to judge high level scope Refuse the customer request. Scope can not be changed in the Predictive Life Cycle approach, and any change should go through formal change control procedures.According to Agile practices, al the team members should dally attend face to face meetings where each ‘team member states his/her status and plan for the day. This meeting is commonly referred to as: © Vision Meeting © Day Stand up Meeting © Release Planning © Heration Planning‘A project manager managed to successfully deliver a large IT project. Despite encountering multiple challenges and situations, the project manager, along with his project team were able to overcome these challenges and deliver the project deliverables. He then arranged a session to share the project's good practice with other project managers and their teams. This communication will fall under which ‘communication dimension? , The communication mentioned within the situation which the project manager conducted falls under horizontal communicstion dimensions , The communication mentioned within the situation which the project manager conducted falls under Formal communication dimensions ‘The communication mentioned within the situation which the project manager conducted falls under informal communication dimensions , The communication mentioned within the situation which the project manager conducted fal under downward communication dimensionsAlex is @ Project Coordinator who is overusing the implementation of a new app for professional recruitment. He is confused about what Quality Management is all about. He approached you for ‘assistance and guidance on the topic of quality management. As an experienced project manager, which of the following statements do you find as not true about Quality Management? ~, Project Quality Management addresses the management of the project and the deliverables of the project, ~ only Project Quality measures and techniques are specific to the type of deliverables being produced by the project, ‘Meeting customer requirements by overworking the project team may result in increased profits and > increased levels of overall project risks ~, Meeting project schedule objectives by rushing planned quality inspections may result in undetected. ‘errors, decreased profits, and increased postimplementation risks.‘Sam is a project manager newly assigned to a multi-million dollar and highly complex project. The Project ‘Sponsor insisted he should hire a project management team to assist him with the project management responsibilities since its workload is expected to be high. Now as he hired the required team, he's considering empowering the team members by delegating decision-making authority to them. Which, ‘management approach will he use for this? ‘The management approach best used in this particular case is the Collaborative Structure This is a description of the best case use for the Natural Structure management approach, ~, The decribed tools are types of communication technolagy:these are important to adéress Controlresources issues common in colocated andviral teams, ‘The management approach the project manager s going to be using is called Command and Control Structure.Loraine is a project manager working to construct a bridge reviewing the weather documents she found that unseasonal occur during the construction phase. The area is expected to due to unusual rain derived by climate change and pollution. dealing with which type of risk? © Veriabi risk as uncertainty exists due to some key characteristics of the unusual weather condition, ., Unknowable-Unknowns as the mentioned unusual weather condition risks could be recognized only after ‘they have occurred Ambiguity risk as uncertainty exists about what might happen in the future including the impact of the ‘unusual weather condition over the project. , Emergent Risk as the mentioned unusual weather condition risks could be recognized only after they have occurred,Lee is a project manager who is managing a project with evolving requirements, high risk, and significant uncertainty. He wants to ensure that the product backlog reflects the needs of his stakeholders. To ensure effective stakeholder engagement, Lee needs to identify the stakeholders he will be dealing with more frequently. What stakeholders do you think are more likely to be involved in this project context? _+, The Project Team only, as they are the group of stakeholders wha will be perfarming the actual ~ development and testing work, ‘The Project Sponsor, as he/she is accountable for the development and maintenance of the project business case that justifies the project investment along with the project team who will undergo the actual work. ~The Sponsor and Customer Representatives, as they need to be continuously engaged to provide feedback ~ on deliverables and to ensure that the product backlog reflects current needs. “The Functional Manager will be more involved due to his/her focus on providing management oversight {or functional and business units along with the Customer Representatives who will be providing requirements to the project and validating the quality ofthe output‘Alexis a project manager working fora US bank and decided to select an Adaptive Life Cycle forthe Project development approach. He knows that the project deliverables are to be developed over multiple iterations as this would greatly suit the project and organization. What isthe best time to develop and define the detailed scope for this project? [At the end of each Phase as this allows enough time for stakeholder engagement and requirement © gathering activities, At the beginning of each Phase because this would allow better control over each phase which will help ~ the project remain on time and budget, ., At the beginning of the Project, since its better to have to have everything planned up front atthe beginning of a project to be able to accurately predict time and resources required, ‘At the beginning of each iteration, as deliverables developed over multiple iterations should be able to respond to a high level of change.A junior project manager is assigned to a company-internal project that aims to improve company customer sales experience. While going through project scheduling, he got confused to which production system isa pull system where production takes place if, and only if, there is demand. As you are a senior member of the project management office, he turned to you for advice. Which of one the following do you. advise? ‘Advise him that the mentioned pull production system that takes place only if there is demand is called ‘Serum, ‘Advise him that the mentioned pull production system that takes place only if there is demand is called FoD. ‘Advise him that the mentioned pull production system that takes place only if there is demands called Kanban + Advise him that the mentioned pull production system that takes place only if there is demand is called Lean,‘You are managing a project with a total budget of $86,000 to be finished in one year. You are in the end of the 6th month and currently the projectis on schedule; however, the actual cost ofthe project is $48,000. ‘What is the cost variance on the project? ) 8000 ) $52,000, ) 2000 ) $2,000‘Adaptation depends upon understanding a wide range of information, including an assessment of the projects progress, technical risks, the requirements evolution, and ongoing competitive market analysis. Which are the areas where every team needs to constantly evaluate and make appropriate adaptations ? ) Product Value, Product quality, Product status, Team performance Product Value, Product testing, Product status, Team performance © Product Value, Product quality, Product status, Team motivation D Product Value, Product constraints, Product status, Team performanceAfter reviewing proposals for a large-scale product development project, vendors X and Y are equally {qualified to deliver both the hardware and software The project manager believes the hardware should be developed with a traditional project management approach but the software might be better suited to an agile framework. What is the best course of action? Contract with either vendor X or vendlr Y for both hardware and software and utilize a master services ~ agreement Contract with vendor X for hardware, with vendor ¥ for software and use the appropriate methodology for each Contract with vendor Y for both hardware and software and require a waterfall approach forthe entire Project Contract with vendor X for both hardware and software and require an agile framework for the entire ProjectMatt is a Project Manager assigned to a software development project. He is an experienced project ‘manager. Since he understands that projects are unique, he is considering talloring the Project. Procurement Management process in order to fit the project nature and requirements. While you understand that talloring could include a wide range of components, which of the following elements would you advise Matt to not consider? Advise him that he should not consider governance and Regulatory Environment while tailoring the Project ~ Procurement Management process ‘Advise him that he should not consider Project Importance while talloring the Project Procurement Management process Advise him that he should net consider Physical Location wale tailoring the Project Procurement Management process Advise him that he should not consider Availabilty of Contractors while tailoring the Project Procurement Management process‘Amanda is a project coordinator assigned by a project manager to perform multiple activities within the PMs project. As Amanda is relatively new to project management, the project manager assigned her to ‘ensure that information needs of the project and its stakeholders are met through the development of artifacts and implementation of activities designed to achieve effective information exchange. Which process did the project manager assign to Amanda? © Amanda has been assigned to the process called Project Knowledge Management process © The process which Amanda should utilize isthe Project Communication Management process The process which the situation is referring to is called the Project Requirement Management process © The process which the situation is referring to process isthe Project Stakeholder Management process‘A member of an agile project team gathered data about the project and discovered an opportunity for improvement. The team member thinks that a change to the process used by the team to develop the product of the project would improve team performance. The team member approaches the scrum master for advice on the best way to implement the change. What advice can the scrum master give to the team member? Make the change. see what happens, then report the results during the upcoming retrospective meeting Send an email to the functional manager to report the findings and ask for permission to make the change ‘Submit a change request. wait for the approval ofthe change control board, and implement the change Inform the team of the opportunity for improvement ang, if the team supports it plement the changeYou are managing a project with stakeholders from many different departments including marketing, ‘engineering, and information technology. As you are monitoring stakeholder engagement, it becomes clear to you that stakeholders from the marketing department who used to be supportive appear to be neutral. After researching the reasons for the gap. you discover the marketing department views the Project communications to be too technical. leading them to lose interest in the project. What might be your next step? 2) Review the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix ) Provide technical taining for the marketing department ) Update the communications management plan >) Perform a communication styles assessmentisa system of practices, techniques, procedures, and rules used by those who work ina discipline. Policy PMBOKGUIDE Tactic Methodology‘A Junior project manager assigned to a company-internal project that aims to improve company customer sales experience. While going through Project scheduling, he got confused as to which scheduling technique limits the team’s work in progress in order to balance demand against the team's delivery throughput. As you are a senior member of the project management office, he turned to you to take your advice. Which one of the following would you advice? >) Predictive scheduling must be implemented in this case to demand against throughput. ) Waterfall Scheduling is the most applicable schedule technique inthis situation, | will advise him that he described a reference forthe term in project management called On-demand Scheduling | will advise the project manager to consider using Iterative scheduling with backlog,Ron is managing a construction project for a large enterprise. The project scope is to develop a water ump station. The project budget is 1 million US dollars that will be funded by Ohio State University. Because this project is temporary, decisions about the Cost of Quality (COQ) over a product’ life cycle are often the concern to which of the following entities? ., Portfolio Management as the project is part of the change invite regulated by the government portfolio of change ~, Operations, as most ofthe costs are related to operative costs due to the nature of the project currently ~ managed Cost of Quality over a product's life cycle are the concer of program management, portfolio management, - the PMO, and operations. ., PMO costs as the project will require lots of governance effort due to the large budget that will require more PMO resources‘To better use existing knowledge and to create new knowledge for a project, the project manager is looking for ways to identify any knowledge gaps. Which of the following would help the project manager ‘the most to complete this process? ) To-complete performance Index ) Bid documents © Resource breakdown structure 2) Quality metrics‘You are leading a project in a small startup company with decentralized purchasing. A supplier informs you that they have excess inventory that can be purchased at a reduced price. You review the project's, inventory needs and find that most of the excess inventory offered by the supplier can be used for the project. What is your best course of action? © Negotiate and sign a procurement contract with the supplier © Refer the supplier to the project management office (PMO) © Refer the supplier to the procurement department © Refer the supplier tothe project sponser for procurementA project manager is managing an IT capacity upgrade project; the project deliverables consist of new service, software installations, and user guide documentation. The project manager is concemed with how he is going to manage knowledge within the project, for instance, he is confused as to which of the {following should not be an input for Knowledge Management process. ‘The Lesson learned register and other relevant project documents should not be inputs for knowledge ‘management processes, _-+, Deliverables including user guide documentation and other deliverable related documentation should not “ be inuts for knowledge management processes, +, The Project Charter and assumptions log are not considered as inputs for knowledge management ~ processes. ., The Project Management Plan, Including all diferent knowledge area plans, are not considered within the list of inputs for knowledge management processes,A project manager is managing an IT capacity upgrade project, the project deliverables consists of new service, software installations, and user guide documentation. The project manager is concerned with how he's going to manage knowledge within the project, for instance he's confused which tools and Techniques to use to properly manage knowledge. Which of the following isntt included within Knowledge ‘Management tools and Techniques? Knowledge Fairs and Cafes isnt included within Knowledge Management tools and techniques sinvee itis not knowledge sharing technique Lesson Learned Register isn’ included within Knowledge management tools and Techniques since itis. included in the Information Management register. © Storytelling isnt included within Knowledge Management tools and Techniques as it isnt professional ., Work Shadowing and Reverse Shadowing are not included within Knowledge Management tools and Techniques since they are considered off the job traning technique‘An agile project to develop a new application has just finished its first iteration To better assess marketing ‘and support needs. the company's management has requested that the scrum master provide a date for when the application can be launched What is the best course of action for the scrum master? ) Provide an accurate estimate based on the velocity of the first iteration ) Provide a random date just to calm the management down ) If possible, defer estimating until after a few iterations are completed ) Request time to develop the project schedule baselineDecentralized Purchasing, and Flat Purchasing are not hierarchy decision-making structures Sam is a project manager working in a small size construction company. The company is usually working on small ‘construction projects which only requires available resources within the company, thus it does not have a purchasing, contracting or procurement department to negotiate and sign contracts, however recently ‘they won an opportunity to manage larger projects. Which type of hierarchy decision-making structure may be sultable for the company? “The type of hierarchy decision-making structure may be suitable for the company is Decentralized Purchasing _+, The type of hierarchy decision-making structure may be suitable for the company ie Flat Purchasing © decision-making structure ~, Centralized Purchasing, decentralized purchasing.and flat purchasing are not hierarchy-decision making ~ structures suitable for the company ., The type of hierarchy decision-making structure may be suitable for the company is Centralized PurchasingSteve is a project manager assigned to replace a departing project manager. The project sponsor advised ‘Steve that the project team is nt functioning as expected and some individuals need to have some skill development. After Steve reviewed the project team's performance, this turned out true. In this case, who is responsible (at fault) for NOT proactively developing team skills and competencies while retaining and improving team satisfaction and motivation? Project team individuals are responsible since they ate professionels and should be mature enough to develop their skills and competencies and keep motivated; this requires understanding that working in projects is different than working in operations. ~, I's the previous Project Manager’ fault as he should have developed the tears skills and competencies © necessary forthe project team to function as a motivated and productive team. It's the Project Sponsor's fault for not ensuring thatthe project team has the needed team skits and ‘competencies so it can function as a motivated and productive team. “The Project Manager is responsible to proactively developing team skills and competencies while retaining * and improving team satisfaction and motivation.‘You have been hired by a contractor, who wants you to manage a construction project for one of their clients. The project team has been working for six weeks. You need to determine whether the team is, ‘ahead of or behind schedule. Which of the following tools and techniques is the BEST one for you to ‘consult? 5 Schedule Change Control © Project Management Software ) System Bottom-Up Estimating > Performance MeasurementWhich of the following charts shows the total work in a project? ) Iteration graph Burndown charts © Burn up charts 2 Task boardJohn is a project manager in the development phase of the project communication plan where he is Intending to use the five Cs including Correct grammar and spelling, Concise expression and elimination of excess words, Clear purpose and expression directed to the needs of the reader, Coherent logical flow of ideas, and Controlling flow of words and ideas. What would the best reason for John to use SCs for written and spoken communication? “The best reason for the project manager to use the SCs of written and spoken communications is to eliminate Misunderstanding , the best reason for the project manager to use the SCs of written and spoken communications is to Increase Team Buyin. , The best reason forthe project manager to use the SCs of written and spoken communications is to Enhance Team Communication Skill The best reason for the project manager to use the SCs of written and spoken communications is to ~ reduce MisunderstandingYou are developing the risk management plan for your project. In support of this process, you need to determine the acceptable level of overall project risk exposure. What should you do first? Develop a set of responses to individual project ricks to mitigate overall project risk © Determine the risk appetites of key project stakeholders > Consult the risk exposure resister within the organizational process assets > Faclitate a brainstorming meeting to develop @ comprehensive list of project risksA project manager is assigned to a new project. One of the critical resources in the project team had a lot, of conflicts with the project manager in the past when they worked on different projects. To resolve the past conflict, the project manager realizes that he needs to invest in his Personal Emotional intelligence to better understand his beliefs, emotions, and behavior patterns, and thus be more apt to resolve the issue. ‘This Is an example of? of his emotions and beliefs to resolve the > As the project managers willing to develop his understan ‘issue this is an example of Improving Inbound Competencies {As the project manager is willing to develop his understanding of his emotions and beliefs to resolve the issue this is an example of Impraving Self Management Competencies ‘As the project manager is wiling to develop his understanding or his emotions and beliefs to resolve the ~ Issue of better managing the resources, this Is an example of Improving Social Awareness. ‘As the project manager's wiling to develop his understanding of his emotions and beliefs to resolve the Jgsue of better managing the resources; this ie an example of Improving Outbound Competencies.John is a project manager leading a custom solution delivery. Due to capacity issues within his company, the project is planned to be delivered through multiple vendors to ensure project delivery occurs on time, ‘which means that the project manager needs to have in-depth knowledge of project procurement. Which of the following statements is not true about project procurement management? ‘Most organizations document policies and procedures specifically defining procurement rules and ‘specifying whe has authority to sign and administer such agreements on behalf of the organization -, A complex project may involve managing multiple contracts simultaneously and each contract life cycle ~ may begin and end during any phase of the project life cycle. tis project sponsor's responsibilty to make certain that all procurements meet the specific needs of the project while communicating withthe procurement office to ensure organizational procurement policies are followed When working internationally, project manager should keep in mind the effect that culture and local laws have upon contracts and their enforceability, no matter how clearly a contract is written.Zane isa project manager at his organization. He Is assigned to a new project and will be working with ‘several stakeholders that are interested inthe project. Some of these stakeholders want to see the project ‘succeed and others that, while they are generally supportive of solving the problem this project addresses, think that a different solution would have been wiser. Which of the following statements is not true about Zane's stakeholder management efforts? .c Zane should identify and manage stakeholder satisfaction asa project objective to ensure the success of his project. © Zane should engage in Project Zane should focus on effective stakeholder engagement as a key component to continuous ~ communication with all stakeholders, ‘Stakeholder Management periodically as his project moves through different phases of it life cycle. | Reviewing the stakeholder community regularly, often in parallel with reviews of individual project risks, is. ‘good way for Zane to ensure that his project is not disrupted by stakeholders,‘Mike is a project manager working on a very complex software project. Mike is assisted by 5 project coordinators who have ust graduated last year and are completely new to the profession of project ‘management. At one oftheir meetings, Mike's team questioned the categorization of Variability and Ambiguity risks currently identified in their projects. Variability and Ambiguity risks are types of? © Emergent Risk, as Variability and Ambiguity risks can be recognized only after they have occurred. 'Non-event risks, as Integrated Risk management falls under this risk category and they need to be > identified and manages. ., Unknowable Unknowns, as Variability and Ambiguity risks can be recognized only after they have. occurred, ~, Integrated Risk management, as Variability and Ambiguity risks are part ofthe Integrated Risk ~ management approach.Robert is a project manager for an international events working on his masters degree in project, ‘management quality management within events management projects. regarding trends in quality ‘management. Which of the emerging practice in Project Quality Management? Management responsibilty, es participation by all members of the project team are required for ‘management of quality. Earned Value Management, as related to complete performance index (CPI) along with other project reporting measurements. -, Customer satisfaction, as understanding, evaluating, defining, and managing requirements are not related ‘to quality management approaches. Mutually beneficial partnerships, as organizetions should prefer long-term relationships over short-term > gains‘Alex is the project manager assigned to deliver a large IT project. The project is expected to have a ‘massive number of changes during its life cycle. Accordingly, the project manager decided to use an adaptive approach for some deliverables and a more stable approach for other parts to adapt to the nature of the project. From the procurement perspective, what document should be used to govern such, agreement? Governing agreement such as Preface may be used for the overall engagement, with the adaptive work. being placed as core contract clause Governing agreement such as Master Service Agreement may be used for the overall engagement, with ‘the adaptive work being placed as core contract clause Governing agreement such as Master Service Agreement dacuments may be used for the overall ~ engagement, with the adaptive work being placed in an appendix or supplement Governing agreement such as Technical bidding core documents may be used for the overall engagement, \witn me adaptive work being placed as core contract clauseAnew project Manager is working on a project which is in the project execution phase. The project ‘manager found the need to procure some work packages to an external vendor. Since the project, manager's company has strict rules related to dealing with vendors, project managers are obliged to use the pre-approved sellers list for their project. Where can the project manager find his project pre-approved seller list? ‘The project manager can find the project pre approved seller list inside the Project Management Plan “The project manager can find the project pre approved seller ist within Organizational Process Assets ‘The project manager can find the find project pre approved seller list within Enterprise Environmental Factors ‘The project manager can find the project pre approved seller list among the Project Documents folderPMI describes the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as a source that describes the knowledge within the profession of project management. The PMBOK includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied as well as innovative practices that are emerging in the profession. The PMBOK® Guide identifies a of the project management body of knowledge that is generally recognized as. good practice. D Halt Edition Subset © All of the options > Full EstonConsider the following cumulative measures: RAC = 200 | AC = 120 | EV = 80 | CPI = 0.655 . Assuming that what the project has experienced to date can be expected to continue in the future, the estimate at ‘completion (EAC) 320 290 300 200Ron is a senior IT PM managing a large network upgrade in South Africa for a large telecom corporation. ‘The project deliverables were defined at the beginning of the project and the project scope is progressively managed. Its time to check customer acceptance for the outputs and Ron wants to do this in ‘an appropriate way. What is the best time to obtain such acceptance? Customer acceptance should be obtained at the beginning of the project. Ifthe customer does not accept |) the project outputs from Any one, no work shall takeplace. This is critical to ensure the viability of the project. _>) As this project scope is progressively managed, the best time to attain customer acceptance for the ‘outputs is atthe end of each itration ‘Acceptance should be given by the customer with each deliverable or phase review as control scope is an ‘ongoing process , Since project ceverabies were defined at he begrmang ofthe project, acceptance should be gves atthe beginning of each tration,Sue is a project manager of an international gaming company. She Is now managing the development of a ‘gaming app for kids four to seven years of age. The project is quite small compared to other projects that ‘she used to manage, and it requires some tailoring. Which of the following is not a consideration for tailoring a Project within the Quality Management Process? > Policy Compliance and Auditing 2s quality policies and procedures that exist inthe organization will not be taken into account along with any quality tools, techniques, and templates Estimating and Budgeting as the effort of estimating the costs of conformance and non-conformance to {quality will remain the same. Continuous improvement as this is an organizational level topic and will not affect the project by any ~ means. , Stakeholder engagement and collaborative environment for suppliers, as this does impact the topic of tailoring a project.‘Asscrum master is working with stakeholders to develop the project vision for inclusion in the project charter and wants to ensure that regulatory compliance measures are incorporated into the project requirements. How might the scrum master analyze the consequences of non-compliance? ‘Lead a round of planning poker Conduct tshirt sizing exercise © Play a session of remember the future >) Facilitate a project post-mortemthas been decided thal the project will be managed using waterfall. However, due to ambiguous requirements, the software will be developed in short iterations using ‘Scrum. After acquiring a team from within the organization, the project manager realizes that the organization lacks technical expertise in several Key areas and will require extemal resources from a vendor. The organization. however, wants to preserve its strategic discretion on the work performed. What is the best contracting technique for the project manager to use to maximize collaboration with ‘the vendor? ‘Team augmentation Fixedkprice increments Early cancellation eption Not to-exceed timeand materials‘You are a project manager working on selecting a seller to deliver a work package for a project you are working on. Since the project is a software development project, the project would be handled with an adaptive approach to manage its deliverables in the best way possible. Which of the following statements. is not true about project procurement management in an adaptive environment? In agile environments, the project manager may rely on selecting specific sellers to be used to extend the team) Larger projects may use an adaptive approach for some deliverables and a more stable epproach for other pans, _-, A collaborative working relationship can lead to a shared risk procurement model where bota the buyer ~ and the seller share in the risk and rewards associated withthe project. All stated statements above are not true about project procurement management in an adaptive environmentHerbert is a Project Manager working on a complex project to develop an international medical center in Singapore. He is very uncertain about the future development of project work due to some government regulation. This imperfect knowledge about the project is affecting the project’ ability to achieve its objectives. Uncertainty exists about what might happen in the future is known as? ‘Ambiguity risk, as uncertainty exists about what might happen including elements of requirements, technical solutions, and future developments Variability risk, as uncertainty exists about some key characteristios of the imposed government ~ regulation. >) Unknowable-Unknowns, as the mentioned risks could be recognized only after they have occurred, Emergent Risk, as the mentioned regulations risks could be recognized only after they have occurredWhich of the following options add value and cannot be seen, touched, and felt? In other words, which does not offer physical value? Utiity © Strategie alignment © Stockholder equity Market share‘The project management plan and the performance measurement baseline have been approved As you ‘monitor the project's progress. you realize the approved budget is limiting the project and will affect the targeted completion date. This constraint could affect the company's success in the new venture. What Is your best course of action? >) Cut costs to stay within the budget ) Ask for a change in the budget >) Use the contingency reserves >) Use the management reserves‘Your manager got an email from the project sponsor stating his dissatisfaction about the current stakeholder engagement evel ofthe project. Both the sponsor and customer want tobe continuously engaged with the project to provide feedback on deliverables as they are created. You decide to change your approach to achieve the needs of the sponsor and customer . What process do you expect to be repeated within the chosen approach? Plan scope management, create WBS and validate scope as each deliverable needs to be reviewed on an ‘ongoing process Plan scope management, collect requirement, and create WBS are more likely to occur because of the ‘ongoing changes and high level of stakeholder engagement Plan scope management, define scope and create WBS due to ongoing changes and stakeholder engagement Collecting requirement, defining scope,and creating WBS are most likely to occur more frequently due to ‘frequent changes and and ongoing stakeholder engagement‘You are a project manager newly assigned to a new software development project for external customers. Since the company you are working for already delivered the software 2 years ago, the new project alms to deliver incremental value to the customer's existing products. So that you can manage this project in the best way, which approach would you use? > Iwill adopt an terative approach since itis best suited for this project's needs , As the project would need very strict governance in order to be delivered, will adopt the Waterfall approach, | will adopt an Incremental approach as the project would need flexible governance in order to be ~ delivered. ) ! will adopt the Predictive 4 approach as the project would need very strict governance in order to be delivered.Which is the communication technique where you repeat back a summary of what the other person just ‘said to you to confirm understanding? O Reflective Listening O Injected Listening O Listening © Active ListeningAproject manager is working on a mega project. As the project has great significance to his company, the senior management deliberately asked the project manager to ensure that outcome knowledge from the project is carefully managed throughout the project. Additionally, they expect the project manager to avoid ‘common misconceptions while managing the knowledge. Which of these answers isrit considered ‘common misconception of managing knowledge?" Knowledge management tools and techniques will work better if people are motivated to share knowledge Managing Knowledge involves just obtaining lesson learned at the end of the project in order to use it in future projects. Managing knowledge includes only codified explicit knowledge which can be shared, even though it lacks ‘context and is open to different interpretations. Managing knowledge involves just documenting available, easy-to-record knowledge, soit can be shared ‘across the organization.Herbert is a Project Manager and he is working on a complex project to develop an international medical center in Singapore. He is very uncertain about the future development of the project due to some government regulations. This imperfect knowledge about the project is affecting the project's ability to achieve its objectives. In this occasion the project manager Is dealing with which of the following? Variability risk, as uncertainty exists about some key characteristics of the imposed government segulation. Unknowable-Unknowns, asthe mentioned risks could be recognized only after they have occurred, Emergent Risk, as the mentioned regulations risks could be recognized only after they have occurred Ambiguity risk, as uncertainty exists about what might happen in the future including elements of ~ requirements, technical solutions, and future developments,‘Steve is a project manager assigned to replace a departing project manager. The project sponsor requested Steve complete hiring the project team fast as the project has entered implementation and only 60% of the team has been hired. Steve went the extra mile and rapidly hired the rest of the team, yet it ‘seems that the team functions as a group of individuals rather than as a team. Who should take responsibility for the team's formation as an effective group? Its the responsibilty of the project team as a whole to have the right team spirit and to act as a team rather than as a set of individuals ~, Itig the Project Sponsor's fault that the project team was hired ina late stage as this delayed hiring the ~ replacement project manager. ., The previous Project Manager is responsible since he should have hired the whole team before leaving the project; his lack of action goes against PMI's code of concuct ) Team formation activities are the responsibilty of project manager, regardless when the team was hired.Javier is a project manager at a chemical manufacturing company. He is in the middle of a project in the ‘organizations Capital Expenditure portfolio, and the project is important to the organization’ strategic plan because It involves retooling a production line to allow the line to deliver a wider variety of products. Javier keeps current with trends and emerging practices in stakeholder management so that he can ‘employ the best new tools in his projects. This means that he is likely working on all of the following ‘except which one? ) savier is involved in capturing the value of effective stakeholder engagement, both positive and negative Javier would ensure that Specific team members are involved in stakeholder engagement activities instead of overseeing all stakeholder engagement Javier would be sure to include all stakeholders, not just a limited set of key stakeholders that would have > significant input on his project. ~, Javier consulted withthe stakeholders who are most affected by the outcomes of the project through the “ concept of co-creation.Ron is the project manager of a $600 million construction project to build an International Airport over the period of 5 years in Lyon, France, The Project is complex with many risks outside the project and so-called tunknown-unknown risks that can be recognized only after they have occurred. What should Ron be developing to tackle these risks? , Ambiguity risk response as it provides a flexible project processes that can cope with emergent risk while ~ maintaining overall project direction Project Resilience as it provide @ frequent review of early warning signs to identify emergent risks as early as possible Variability risk response as it provides the right level of budget and schedule contingency for emergent risks ., Ren consider using integrated risk Management as it provide a flexible project process that can cope with emergent risk while maintaining overall project direction‘Sarah Is a project manager newly assigned to a new product development project within her company. The project aims to deliver a product where features are developed in a large number and are delivered ‘concurrently by multiple teams with few interconnected dependencies. In order for Sarah to manage this, project in the best way, which approach she should use? ‘She should adopt the Predictive approach as the project would need very strict governance in order to be delivered. ‘Sarah should adopt the Waterfall approach as it supports the level of governance needed. ‘She should adopt an erative approach since it willbe best suited for thie projects needs ‘She should adopt an Incremental approach as the project would need flexible governance in order to be delivered.‘Bryan is a project manager recently hired to lead a company. Due to the company's nature, the project deliver the major project outputs, which means that in-depth knowledge of project procurement. Which ‘rue about project procurement management? Depending on the application area, an agreement can be a contract, an SLA, an understanding, an MOA, or ‘a purchase order. © The Project manager is by default typically authorized to sign legal agreements and procurement documents More than most other project management processes, there can be significant legal obligations and penalties tied to the procurement process. ‘The project manager does not have to be a trained expert in procurement management laws and © regulations but should be familiar enough with the procurement process to make intelligent decisions regarding contracts and contractualAs a project manager working on a large project, you hired a project coordinator tomaintain the project ‘management plans and project documentation, store them in thedocument library, and keep them up to date. While working on the project schedule, youexplained to the coordinator that you are going to use an ‘on-dernand Schedule for this project but he seemed unfarniltar with it. He turned to you asking which system is in Pt. What would be your answer? (On demand schedule is typicalluy use with the kanban system which is based on theory of constraints. On demand schedule is typicalluy use witha lean system which is based on theory of constraints ~, On-demand Schedule aPPrOaCh is typically used with a scrum System which is based on the theory of > constraints On-demand Schedule approach typicelly uSed with an FDD system which is based on the theory of conStraints‘A project Manager is working to establish a new garments production factory. While reviewing the process, he finds an inherent risk in the production process with higher probability of lowering the productivity level. He wants to make sure that actions to reduce the spread of possible adverse outcomes will be taken. Which analysis model would help the project manager address this risk? , Sensitivity Analysis as it wll determine which individual project risks or other sources of uncertainty have the most potential impact on project outcomes. © Decision Tree Analysis es it will support the selection of the best of several alternative courses of action. ) Monte Carlo Analysis as it will indicate which elements have the greatest influence on key outcomes. Prototype Analysis as it will help with defining those areas where there ie @ deficit of knowledge or understandingYou are a project manager newly assigned to a multi-million dollar, highly complex project. Your project sponsor insisted that you hire a project management team to assist you since the project management workload is expected to be high, as a guideline he advised to delegate all project management areas except that of project integration. As a knowledgeable project management professional, why should you not delegate project integration? Project Integration management can not be delegated since its solely the accountability of the project sponsor No need to delegate project Integration management since its the accountability of the whole project. ‘management team. Integration management should always be delegated as it limits your personal accountability. Its the accountability of everyone in the project including the project manager, project sponsor and project ~ management team,Approject manager invited several vendors to a pre-bid conference. After a private conversation with one Of the vendors who had an inquiry about a new mandatory government requirement, the project manager sent an emall to the vendor to address the question. The project manager realizes that the requirement. ‘should have been included in the project scope baseline and the statement of work (SOW). What should the project manager do in this situation? Update the SOW, submit a change request to update the scope baseline, and communicate the changes to all vendors Update the statement of work and the scope baseline, and hold another pre-bid conference © No further action is needed as the vendor's question have been addressed Update the statement of work and the scope baseline, and communicate the changes to all vendors‘Amanda is a project coordinator assigned by a project manager to perform multiple activities within the PM's project. The project manager assigned Amanda the role to fully manage Project Communications. ‘Management. The project manager explained that the assignment consists of two parts. The first partis. developing a strategy to ensure communication is effective for stakeholders. What would be the second part? ‘The second part Amanda should undertake is the carrying out the activities necessary to implement activities the communication strategy. Project Comwmunications Management consists of two parts, The first part is developing a strategy to ‘ensure communication is effective for stakeholders and the second partis Identifying risks associated vith the communication strategy -. Amanda's second partis Informing stakeholders regarding the communication strategy and get their ~ approval ‘The second part in Amanda's strategy development process is Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and expectations, address issues, and foster appropriate stakeholder ‘engagement and involvement‘The project manager works with the project team and other stakeholders to determine and use the appropriate generally recognized good practices for each project.Determining the appropriate ‘combination of processes, inputs, tools, techniques, outputs, and life cycle phases to manage a project is referred to as "the application of the knowledge described in this guide. ) Regulatory requirements, 5) Tailoring 2) Good Practices ) PMBOKGUIDE‘Sally is a project coordinator assigned to manage project communication activities within an internal project. As she is relatively new to project management, the project manager assigned her general ‘communications activities which depends on emails, social media, and websites. What communications type is the situation referring to? ) The situation is referring to the type of communications wiich is referred to as internal communications > Salis situation is an example of Extemal communications > All the above. ) The situation is refering to the type of communications which is referred to as informal communicationsA project manager is facing conflict within his project team as two of his team members argue about thelr different points of view about the best way to execute certain activities. They both believe that their respective point of view is right. After trying to resolve the conflict, the project manager realizes that he needs to invest in Personal Emotional Intelligence to learn Conflict Resolution Skills. This is an example of As the project manager is willing to invest in his relationship management skis to resolve the issue, this is ‘an example improving-Outbound Competencies. , As the project manager is wiling to invest in his personal skills to resolve the issue, this is an example of improving self awareness competencies {As the project manager is wiling to invest in his personal skills to resolve the issue, this is an example of > Impraving-Inbound Competencies ., As the project manager is willing to invest in his personal skills to resolve the issue this is an example of Improving Self-Management CompetenciesHenry is a project manager currently working on an aviation security project. The scope of the project is to build an alert system for a four kilometer airport runway near Ohio State University. He wants to check on the effectiveness of the quality processes in this project. Which project documents regularly check on the effectiveness of the quality processes in an Adaptive environment? Quality Metrics, as the Manage Quality process uses these metrics as a basis for the development of test scenarios for the project. {Quality control measurements, as these are used to analyze and evaluate the quality of the processes and eliverables of the project against the standards of the performing organization or the requirments specified. Quality Checklist, as this provides the organizations with standardized documents to ensure quality and ‘consistency in frequently performed tasks Recurring retrospectives, as this regularly checks on the effectiveness of the quality processes. This ‘evaluates trial processes to determine if they are working and should be continued, orf adjustments are needed or should be droppedYou are in charge of managing an aviation simulator product development for an airline company. You ‘want to make sure that the quality of your product will comply with the standards of the industry. Which ‘wo outputs specific to the Project Quality Management process would be used in other project ‘management knowledge areas within your project to accomplish the desired quality and meet the industry standards? The Quality Control Measurement process, as it compares work results with quality requirements to > ensure the result is acceptable, and Verified Deliverables by the customer. ., Quality Reports, as they show progress toward achieving quality standards and criteria, along with Quality Control Measurement. Verified Deliverables and Quality Reports including issues, project and product improvements, and process: © Improvements. This will be forwarded to those who can take corrective actions to achieve the project quality expectations. The Quality Management Plan, as it will identify quality requirements and standards for the project and its (O deliverables, and will document how the project will demonstrate compliance with quality requirements along with Quality Metrics that will bein use.‘Maurice has been informed that he will be assigned as the project manager for a new IT Infrastructure project for the health insurance company where he works. What very important factors should Maurice be aware of that might pose a favorable or unfavorable impact on the project? Maurice should be aware of other projects in the portfolio with his project as each could potentially pull resources away from his project. Maurice should be aware of the 2 R plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases specific, to the project that could impact the project. Maurice should be aware of other projects in the program with his project as each could potentially pull resources away from his project. + Maurice should be aware of the 1 internal and extemal conditions that are not under the control of the ~ project team but that could potentially impact his projectYou are the project manager for a railroad construction project. Your sponsor has asked you for a forecast {for the cost of project completion. Which of the following is the BEST metric to use for forecasting? >) ETC and vac ) EVand AC ) SVand ¢ ) $Pland CPIKevin is a project coordinator assigned to manage project communication activities within a project. As he is a junior, the project manager advised him to refer back to him in case he needed assistance with the knowledge. As Kevin was working on the internal communications task, he was not sure about the main focus of internal communication. lie turned to the project manager for more information about it. What does internal communications focus on? Internal communications focuses on all of the different stakeholders who affect or are affected by the project Internal communications focuses on Stakeholders within the project and within the organizatioris other > projects teams O Internal communications focuses on the Stakeholders within the project and within the organization Internal communications focuses on Project Tear Communication only and disregards other ~ stakeholdersMike is a project manager working in an agile project management consulting firm that specializes in unified communications web applications. One of Mike's team members, who recently joined the team, asked for his advice on the best time for the team to determine how many of the highest priority items could be delivered within the next iteration. What do you think would be the best option? Do it first thing in the project Initiating process. Itis better to have everything planned up front at the beginning of the project so as to be able to acourately predict time and resources required Consider this action at the beginning of each phase to allow more control over product backlog items ~ related to that phase, Make it atthe beginning of each iteration as deliverables are developed over multiple iterations where @ Iwill adopt the Predictive approach as the project would need very strict governance in order to be: > delivered +, | will adopt an adaptive approach that applies an adaptive life Cycle and multi-phased approach in order to ‘manage this project effectively Allanswers are wrong, Waterfalls a better fit for low-complex projects, while Predictive and Adaptive are not project appraoches | will adopt the Waterfall approach as the project would need very strict governance in order to be delivered.Peter is a senior Project Manager at the hospital where he works. He is responsible for assessing the Influences on each of the projects in his portfolio. Peter completes an environmental scan and Identifies influences. Each of the following statements is true about this process except for: ‘The two major categories of influences that Peter should consider are enterprise environmental factors (€EFs) and organizational process assets (OPAS) Peter is identifying the Enterprise Environmental Factors when he identifies influences originating rom the environment inside of the Enterprise, and usually inside ofthe portfolio or even the project. Peter might have identified Organizational Process Assets, which are intemal to the organization. ) Peter should consider internal processes and knowledge that is unique to his organization because organizational systems{After completing an iteration, an agile team is planning to hold an iteration review ‘meeting to demonstrate the new product increment developed during the tration, “To ensure that relevant siakeholders are inited, the teams classifying al poject stakeholders according tothe type of equiterents the stakeholders are key tobe Interested in during product demonstration, ‘How should the team classify the stakeholders with regard to their requirements? {rag and drop the teme from ght to let) Ora.20,3846,50 O14,28,30,40,58 0 10,24,98,46,50 OrA.20,38405€Carlos is a project manager for an international financial firm working to develop internet banking, solutions. He is currently developing a service to provide intemational money transfer service to over 23 European countries, and wants to ensure proper and effective quality management on his project. Which of the following is not among the five levels of increasing effective quality management? Use Quality Control Management be to examine and correct the process itself and not just special defects. Incorporate quality into the planning and design of the project and product, and maintain a culture throughout organization that is aware and committed to quality Let the customer find the defects. This approach can lead to warranty issues, recalis, loss of reputation, > and rework costs Detect and correct the defects before the deliverables are sent tothe customer as part ofthe quality control process,Each of the following options describe an asset that lacks physical substance, Is usually very hard to evaluate, and adds significant value to an organization's project(s), except: © Brand recognition Choice © Goodwill Choice O Tools choice O Public benefit Correct Choice‘Adam is a project manager working on a company-internal project. Adam is working on project ‘communications where he intends to focus on using flexible and often informal means to establish and ‘maintain the profile and recognition of the project and building strong relationships between the project ‘team and its stakeholders. To which type communications is the situation referring? Adam needs to utlize his Unofficial communications skills to establish and maintain the profile and ~ recognition ‘Adams situation requires the type of communications referred to as Internal communications. ‘The situation calls for the utilization of Hierarchical Focus communications skills. ‘The situation is referring to the type of communications which is referred to 2s official communications‘A project manager is working on an existing project. The project workload is extremely high and the project managers starting to have severe physical fatigue despite not having to do any physical effort. To resolve the emerging issue, the project manager realizes that he needs to invest in Personal Emotional Intelligence to maintain good physical health. This is an example of? , As the project manager is intending to understand how to better maintain good looks/teputation, 90 this is ~ an example of Improving Outbound Competencies. , As the project manager i intending to understand how to better maintain good physical heath, his isan example of Improving Selt Management Competencies. ‘As the project manager is intending to understand how to better mai ‘an example of Improving Social Awareness. ain good looks /reputation so this is , As the project manager is intending to develop his understanding of his inner self so this is an example of ~ Improving Self Awareness CompetenciesWhich tool shows the current status of all the tasks to be done within this iteration - also helps the team understand how they are doing as well as what to do next; making the team self-directing ? (© Burn up charts © Kanban Boards ( Burn down charts © Risk Profile GraphsCindi is a project manager at the city roads department where she lives. The city is currently planning a project to replace a bridge, and Cindi has been assigned as the project manager. Cindl is doing stakeholder identification. She has identified a group of individuals that want to provide comments on the project, including the fisherman that engage in recreational activity on the river in which the What is the best way for Cindi to describe this group's stake in the project? Cindi identifies the fishing group as stakeholders that will make a contribution to the project's success. Cindi identifies the fishing group as having ownership over the project outcomes. Cindi identifies the fishing group as having rights in relation to the project that must be documented and considered. Cindi identifies the fishing group as having an interest in her bridge project.‘Anew developer joins the project, However, her productivity is limited since she lacks the competency in ‘one of the programming languages. This language is not only used on this project but will also be required on future projects. Training costs were not included in the project budget, and the project CPI is 0.75. What is the best course of action for the project manager? ‘Seek approval forthe performing organization to absorb the training costs Submit a change request to update the development approach ‘Stop using this programming language on this project, ) Terminate the employment of the new developer and find a replacementMike is a project manager who is working on a very complex software project. Mike is assisted by 5 Project coordinators who have just graduated last year and are completely new to the profession of project. management. On one of the their meetings, Mike's team members questioned the aim of Project Risk Management and its need for the current projects run by the team. Which of the following statements is not true regarding Project Risk Management? ~, Project Risk Management aims to identify and manage risks that are identified by the other project ~ management processes , Risks have the potential to cause the project to deviate from the plan and fail to achieve defined project objectives: ) The effectiveness of Project Risk Management isin direct relation to project success , Individual Project risks have a postive or negative effect on one or more project objectives and may affect the achievement of project objectives.You are leading a software development project for a client. Due to unstable requirements, you have elected to use a change-driven life cycle. You are currently facilitating an iteration planning meeting with ‘the product owner and the development team. What should you do as part of the meeting? Make sure the scope of the iteration is fixed 5) Control the scope to prevent scope creep 2) Review the product increment and get feedback Recommend improvements for the next iteration‘You are a project manager working on a very complex software project. Some of the functionality of the software requires a technical solution that is very new to the existing market. The project team has a little knowledge about the proposed solution. What will be the best suitable development approach for the project manager to follow in order develop this software product? No development should be done as this solution is more likely to fail and the project must be cancelled and project team disbanded Predictive development to be able to establish KPI measure drivers for the business value and to put leading indicators of performance as desired by the organization Waterfall development as it begins with well-defined requirements from which the schedule must be ~ determined to allocate budget Incremental development as this provides more flexibility forthe project manager on how to apply the methodologyA project manager is facing conflict within his project team as two team members argue around their different points of view regarding the best way to execute certain activities. Each believes that their point of view Is right. As both team members refuse to take joint responsibility for their work, what would be your advice, as the project manager, that they must build in order to collaborate effectively? ‘Advice them that in order to make an effective collaboration, they both must bulld Continuous Flow of Value, ‘Advice them that in order to make an effective collaboration, they both must build an Information Radiator. + Advice them that in order to make an effective collaboration they both must build Trust between > themselves? ) Advice them that in order to make an effective collaboration, they both must build a definition of Done‘You are managing a construction project that is currently being initiated. You met with the sponsors and several important stakeholders, and have started to work on the Project Statement of Work. You have documented several key assumptions that have been made, and identified project constraints and initial risks. Before you can finish the preliminary scope statement, you must make a rough order of magnitude estimate of both time and cost, so that the sponsor can allocate the final budget. Whats the range of a rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate? O 80% 10 475% © 28%10 475% O 10% 10 410% O 100% to +200%‘The project manager is 6 months into a multi-million-dollar project. The latest analysis shows a CPI of 1.5, and an SPI of 0 6. What should she do? Inform the customer that you are extending the delivery date for the project © Replace one of the higher paid team members with a lower-salaried employee © Nothing. The analysis shows the project is on budget and on schedule Consider crashing the project,You are a project manager in a large software house and your PMO advised you to start using an Adaptive Life cycle approach. This approach better sults your upcoming project as the sponsor and customer representatives want to be continuously engaged with the project and provide feedback on deliverables as ‘they are created to ensure that the product backlog reflects their current needs. What do you think this: approach will make you responsive for? High Level of Changes and Less stakeholder engagement, The overall scope of an adaptive project will be © decomposed into a set of requirements and work tobe performed, requiring less interaction among the ditferent project stakeholders Low Level of Changes and Required Less stakeholder engagement. As project deliverables are defined at the beginning of the project, there is no need for high levels of stakeholder engagement Low Level af Changes and Ongoing stakeholder engagement. Project deliverables are defined at the © beginning ofthe project; however, there is always a need for high evels of stakeholder engagement ‘throughout the project High Level of Changes and Ongoing stakeholder engagement. Adaptive and Agile ite cycles allow © deliverables to be developed over multiple iterations, which supports constantly changing development environments though requires greater stakeholder management and engagement for the iterations.Late in a project, a key team member leaves the company The project manager realizes that he does not hhave enough team members to meet the hard deadline At a weekly status meeting, the project manager discusses several options with his project team, including authorizing additional overtime, hiting ‘subcontractors, or bringing in additional resources from another project team within the company. Which resource management technique does the project manager use? © Problem solving © Altematives analysis, © Interpersonal sills © Costbenefit analysis‘You have just been assigned to an upcoming agile project. As part of pre-project work. you review all of the organization's policies and procedures regarding compliance. You realize that only some of them may bbe applicable to your project. What should you do first? © Classify the compliance categories to determine the expenditure of project resources © Incorporate all compliance policies and provedures in the implementation strategy © Snitch the project management approach from agile to traditional Ensure compliance activities are included in the project schedule baseline‘You are assigned as a Project Manager to a project within your company. You have good experience in ‘managing projects and since projects are unique, you are considering tailoring the Project Integration ‘Management process in order to fit the project nature and requirements. While you understand clearly that tailoring could include a wide range of components like knowledge management and change, which of the following would you not consider? | would not consider Team Management since its irelevant to the project integration tailoring topic | would not consider Project Governance and change since each are global standards that should not be ~ tailored. | would not consider Knowledge management since its flexible enough and does not need to be tallored | would not consider Project Life Cycle and Development life cycle since each is not related to project, integrationAproject manager is reviewing a document where information about problems impacting project performance is recorded and monitored. According to the document, a new problem that was logged yesterday by a project team member indicates that delays have just exceeded the established schedule variance threshold and corrective action is required. No additional details about the new problem are provided in the document What should the project manager do immediately? Update the lessons learned register ‘Assign a responsible party to follow up on the problem ‘Send the project pragress report to the stakeholders Record the disposition ofthe change requestYou are collaborating with Blake on the sequencing of activities for the next generation of air transport that your company is pioneering. As the project manager, she is inquiring about any dependencies that may exist in your product. You describe dependencies that a )) Mandatory and discretionary to the proposed solution > Internal and external ta the proposed solution ) Represented by nodes and graphically linked to logical relationships >) Mandatory external and discretionary internal to the propased solutionDuring an initial project planning meeting, the project team decides to save a portion of cost estimates in the work package to offset the potential risk of advances in technology, which would make their current ‘equipment obsolete What is the best course of action for the project manager? Submit a change request Create a management reserve Create a contingency reserve Do nothing as the risk has not yet realizedKara is managing a project team responsible for the Implementation of a Health Management information ‘System (HMIS). As she gathers requirements for the project, she must ask about the Enterprise Environmental Factors related to the existing information technology and software that is already in use at her organization. Which of the following options should Kara pursue as part of this inquiry? Kara will need to reach out to managers at her organization and ask about telecommunicetions channels ‘to ensure that the teams can communicate with the appropriate IT teams about implementation while the project is in progress. Kara will ned to reach out to subcontractors with which her organization does business to discover thelr TT and software usage to ensure that what her team implements willbe compatibie, Kara will need to identify the configuration management systems used at her organization so her team. ‘can utilize as @ resource when configuring the HMIS, ~, Kara will need to identify the Lim | lueiel ides di id skills organization's employees have related to IT and ~ software to inform the plans for raining after the new HIMS is implemented,Ray is a scrum master currently working on adaptive life cycle project to develop an i0S application for internet banking for a local bank. One of the team developers asked him for a document that defines the ‘overall scope so he can start decomposing it into requirements and start performing the needed work. Ray should be referring the developer to? Product Backlog, as it consists of an ordered list of user-centric requirements that the team maintains for ‘a product. This is used on sprint or iteration planning meetings to discuss prioritized product backlog items (user stories) and plan for the next iterations, Requirement Items Register as this contains a description of how individual requirements meet the business needs for the project. Product Requirement Sheet, as this document links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them, ., Product Item Description, as this document describes haw the product requirements will be analyzed, ~ documented, and managed.‘You are leading a construction project that involves a vendor A team member tells you that based on the rough assessment of the vendor's current work in progress, she suspects that the vendor will be unable to complete their work on time You share your concerns with the vendor, but they claim that they are progressing as planned. What is your best course of action to ensure a mutual understanding of the work in progress? Resort to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) >) Conduct a walkthrough Conduct an audit Perform an earned value analysis (EVA)‘You are a project manager newly assigned to a new software development project for external customer. Since the required software is a completely new concept, itis highly expected to have a large number of ‘changes throughout the product development life cycle. In order for you to manage this project in the best ‘way, which approach would you use that welcomes this large number of changes? . As project manager | will adopt the Predictive approach as the project would need very strict governance inorder to be delivered. , | will adopt an Adaptive approach that applies an Adaptive Life Cycle and mult-phased approach in order to manage this project effectively. | will adopt the Waterfall approach, as the project would need very strict governance in order to be delivered. , All answers are vitong since no project lifecycle welcomes large numbers of changes as changes hacrn projects’ control and cause scope ereep.‘Megan is a project manager at a software company. She is currently assigned to a development team that Is using Agile method. Megan likes Agile because it allows the development team to focus on outputs and respond to changing requirements without losing productive time. Which of the following statements is {rue about stakeholder involvement in Agile methods? Megan invites stakeholders to project meetings and reviews and posts project artifacts in public spaces to promote responsibility Megan invites stakeholders to project meetings and reviews and posts project artifacts in public spaces to promote accountability. ~, Megan invites stakeholders to project meetings and reviews and posts project artifacts in public spaces to ~ promote stress. Megan invites stakeholders to project meetings and reviews and posts project artifacts in public spaces to > promote transparency.