DN-D2 Flashcards
During the third iteration of a project, the product owner requests another mandatory feature. This
also happened in the previous two sprints, which resulted in failure and caused frustration within
the team.
What should the project manager do next?
A.
Request the scrum team to prioritize the product backlog
B.
Ask the product owner to prioritize the backlog with the project team
C.
Call for an internal meeting to discuss the changes and their value
D.
Incorporate the changes in the last sprint before the first release
C.
Call for an internal meeting to discuss the changes and their value
Five agile teams working together on a product recently performed release planning. Midway
through the project, each team showed that their progress was on track. When all of the teams
integrated at the product level, many integration issues were observed. The overall product
release progress declined with predictions showing the committed content will not be able to be
accomplished.
What should the project manager have done differently?
A.
Performed a Scrum of Scrums on a regular basis to help the teams remove impediments
B.
Formed a separate quality assurance team to test all items coming from each team at the end of
each sprint
C.
Arranged an online session on the integration concept and suggested tools to the teams
D.
Ensured frequent and continuous integration of work to obtain early feedback and continuous learning
D.
Ensured frequent and continuous integration of work to obtain early feedback and continuous learning
A project team member is having difficulty delivering assigned tasks for a project that is at risk of
being delayed. The main issue is that the team member does not understand a new system that
was recently implemented.
What should the project manager do?
A.
Ask the team member to learn the new system as on-the-job training.
B.
Issue a change request to extend the project schedule.
C.
Escalate the team member’s performance to the project sponsor.
D.
Assign an experienced resource to support the team member.
A.
Ask the team member to learn the new system as on-the-job training.
A project team consisting of four team members will be rolling out a company-wide application to
both staff and contractors in a country. To deliver within strict the time lines, a local company
skilled in application deployment and change management will need to be contracted.
What should the project manager do to empower the local company?
A.
Manage expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver under the
supervision of the project manager
B.
Begin to roll out the application by micromanaging the contractor
C.
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Set expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver with periodic
progress reports
D.
Deploy the contractor’s staff under the supervision of the project manager
A.
Manage expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver under the
supervision of the project manager
A project manager is managing a construction project that is facing challenges. There is schedule
overrun, cost overrun, and the client is unhappy with the specific scope progress.
What should the project manager do first?
A.
Review the scope and project objectives.
B.
Enforce the penalty clause on the supplier.
C.
Take action to reduce the cost overrun.
D.
Work with the client on the scope completion.
A.
Review the scope and project objectives.
In a geographically distributed project team, the project team members continue to email status
reports and update schedules after their weekly meeting discussions. However, the team is having
difficulty tracking the changes and progress made.
What should the project manager do?
A.
Facilitate training on version control and project artifacts.
B.
Maintain separate document control via regions to avoid discrepancies.
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C.
Maintain a central repository of artifacts with a version control system.
D.
Develop a document management software for version control.
C.
Maintain a central repository of artifacts with a version control system.
A Scrum team is analyzing the burndown chart on day four of a 15-day sprint. The burndown chart
is shown below.
What should the team do next?
A.
Ask the product owner if some low-priority stories could be cut from the sprint
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B.
Continue with the sprint as the progress shows buffers for potential interruptions
C.
Ask the project team to select any additional stories as they have additional capacity than planned
D.
Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring
D.
Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring
A project manager is closing a project and preparing to hand it over to the operations team. During
handover, a delayed invoice was submitted with a higher-than-planned cost against the project
work. Consequently, project handover was delayed and the project’s reported completion costs
were increased.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
A.
Notified all vendors about the invoicing and nonpayment deadlines
B.
Reviewed the total committed cost against the cost invoiced at project closing
C.
Involved the finance team and discussed the issue with the vendor
D.
Captured and reviewed all of the project work and related costs regularly
D.
Captured and reviewed all of the project work and related costs regularly
QUESTION NO: 19
A project manager is working with a co-located agile project team that has worked together long
enough to be in the performing phase of team development. An unforeseen event has caused the
team to be dispersed and they are now unable to co-locate.
What should the project manager do to keep the team performing as effectively as possible?
A.
Ask the project sponsor and executive stakeholders to encourage the team to maintain their
performance
B.
Provide the team with virtual collaboration software and training on the software to minimize
disruption
C.
Transition the team from an agile approach to a predictive approach for better performance control
D.
Evaluate project performance and step in if performance decreases to an unacceptable level
D.
Evaluate project performance and step in if performance decreases to an unacceptable level
A project manager is reviewing the requirements of a large program.
Which requirements should the project team prioritize to avoid getting fines?
A.
Certifying sustainable products
B.
Establishing company processes
C.
Complying with new regulations
D.
Developing new product lines
C.
Complying with new regulations
