Great 5-3

While working on a poorly defined internal project, a project manager receives multiple change requests from senior management. What should the project manager do first?

• Identify how the proposed changes will benefit the project in relation to the business case.
• Ask for a temporary budget increase to avoid cost overruns.
• Keep the team motivated and incentivized to avoid exhaustion from working on a lengthy project.
• Assess the schedule delay and begin implementation to avoid additional lags

A project team is experiencing conflict between two team members. Team member A feels that team member B is always talking over team member. A and does not listen to any advice Team member B is not willing to listen to feedback. What should the project manager do to resolve the issue?

• Move one of the team members to a different protect team
• Review the ground rules for collaboration within the team
• Report the performance issue to both of the team members' supervisors
• Modify the communications management plan and resend it to the team

A key resource is newly assigned to a project. The project manager and the resource did not get along well in a previous project. This resource is needed to ensure the completion of a major component for the project. What should the project manager do?

• Work on resolving the differences with the key resource and building a good working relationship to ensure project success.
• Monitor the key resource closely throughout the project, but do not let the project sponsor know about the conflict.
• Request that the key resource's functional manager work directly with the resource during the project.
• Discuss this with the project sponsor and request that this key resource be replaced on the project.

A project manager is leading an automation project. The project team is colocated and includes people from both the technical and business units. The project manager discovers that personal differences and work styles are affecting the project negatively. How should the project manager address this?

• Develop a schedule that ensures people with personal differences work separately.
• Use an approach to the project that does not involve colocation.
• Meet with the team and agree on expectations from team members.
• Invite the functional managers of the different units to address their personal differences.

An agile project manager has just been given a sizeable software development project to implement. Early in the initiation stage, the project sponsor requests an indication of time lines for delivery of the initial release. What tools should the agile project manager use to do these estimates?

• Product backlog, budget, resource management plan
• Budget, minimum viable product (MVP), retrospective notes
• Resource management plan, retrospective notes, backlog grooming
• Backlog grooming, product backlog, minimum viable product (MVP)

In the planning phase, a project manager receives identified risks from the sponsors and subject matter experts (SMEs) and wants to develop a risk response strategy for them. What should the project manager do first?

• Perform a risk reserve analysis.
• Assign allocated budget to cover key risks.
• Agree on the criteria to prioritize risks.
• Assign a risk responsibility to each team member.

A project manager notices that the response action for an identified issue is insufficient for solving the problem. What should the project manager do next?

• Include the issue in the risk register and update the team
• Document the continuing issue and failed solution
• Inform the stakeholders about the failure and update the issue log
• Meet with the project team to find another solution

At the end of a project, one of the suppliers is facing financial difficulties and is pushing the project manager to obtain financial, legal, and administrative approval in order to communicate formal project closure and ensure the transfer of liability. What should the project manager do next?

• Compare the achieved results to the contract requirements.
• Make the final payment as the project is completed.
• Transfer the remaining variances and close the project.
• Escalate to higher management to expedite the approval.

In an ongoing project, stakeholders have been approaching team members for status reports and changes without consulting the project manager. What should the project manager do to ensure a successful project?

• Send the project charter to all stakeholders for information.
• Send an email to all stakeholders directing them to approach the project manager directly.
• Review the stakeholder engagement plan and inform the stakeholders.
• Review the change management plan and ask the change control board (CCB) to be involved.

An agile leader is working on a complex project that is entering the final phase where solutions from different vendors are being integrated. This is the most critical delivery stage for the project. How should the agile leader ensure successful delivery?

• Ensure participation from all team members
• Ask the client to attend all daily calls.
• Ensure cross-departmental teams are colocated
• Request additional project resources