Doing the Work Flashcards
You are leading a project with a critical time constraint and cannot afford any project delays. An argument between two project team members over a report format to document their testing results turns into a shouting match. The team members draw you into their argument.
What is your best course of action?
A. Select the report format that you think is best and make the decision
B. Tell the team members to figure it out for themselves
C. Look for an approach that would completely satisfy both team members
D. Request the team members to go back to work to avoid any further delays
A. Select the report format that you think is best and make the decision
An Agile team is tasked with the development of a robot. The project manager wants to ensure that before the actual robot is built, the team receives early feedback on requirements and adapts the design accordingly.
Which of the following should the project manager use to achieve that goal?
A. Checklists
B. Prototyping
C. Business case
D. Design review
B. Prototyping
You are drafting a stakeholder engagement plan for a software development project. The product will be built using a Scrum framework. You want to ensure that the stakeholders’ level of influence on product development is analyzed and categorized.
What is your best course of action?
A. Suggest that the product owner use a power/influence grid
B. Conduct the analysis yourself using hierarchical charts
C. Submit a change request to update the stakeholder register
D. Wait until the stakeholders attend the first sprint review
A. Suggest that the product owner use a power/influence grid
You are leading a software development project using Agile methodologies. If the project is successful, it will open up vast opportunities for future revenue and growth. The project has a high risk of failure, but the potential benefits outweigh the risks. These risks and rewards must be considered when selecting the content of each iteration.
Which feature should be prioritized and developed first in this scenario?
A. Lower value and low-risk features
B. High-value and high-risk features
C. High value and low-risk features
D. Low-value and high-risk features
B. High-value and high-risk features
Midway into project execution, a key stakeholder leaves the company. A new stakeholder fills in the vacant role. The project manager understands that the stakeholder engagement plan should be updated to reflect the strategies and actions required to involve the new stakeholder in the project. The project manager meets with the new stakeholder for an interview.
Which of the following questions would be the most helpful for the project manager in updating the plan? (Choose four)
A. What are your communication preferences?
B. Have you ever managed a project before?
C. What position did you hold in your previous company?
D. Do you have any lessons learned to share from your previous projects?
E. Do you think it was the right thing to undertake the project?
F. How much risk are you willing to take for an anticipated benefit?
A. What are your communication preferences?
D. Do you have any lessons learned to share from your previous projects?
E. Do you think it was the right thing to undertake the project?
F. How much risk are you willing to take for an anticipated benefit?
You are leading an off-grid housing construction project. Each of the ten homes in the development will have solar shingles to generate energy and a novel energy storage system. The performing organization is highly experienced with traditional construction methods, but this is their first project to incorporate energy generation and storage.
How might you best support continuous improvement efforts throughout the project?
A. Review the lessons learned repository during project planning and apply the knowledge gained during project execution
B. Utilize an incremental project management approach for the development of the homes and hold a project retrospective
C. Build all of the homes concurrently using a predictive approach and update the lessons learned register continuously
D. Construct the homes sequentially using a predictive model and hold a retrospective after the completion of each home
D. Construct the homes sequentially using a predictive model and hold a retrospective after the completion of each home
You and the project management team have been vigilant about observing different aspects of the project to ensure the project is progressing as planned. Currently, you are using performance data generated during project execution to determine if the status of overall project risk has changed, if the project assumptions are still valid, if contingency reserves for cost or schedule require modification, and if project strategy remains valid.
What process are you performing?
A. Identify Risks
B. Plan Risk Management
C. Plan Risk Responses
D. Monitor Risks
D. Monitor Risks
You are leading an Agile project to develop a computer game, which will be broken down into four releases. After the first release, the initial online reviews are poor, and the early adopters have provided detailed feedback about what they do not like about the game. You are concerned about the impact of the poor reviews on future releases.
What is the best course of action?
A. Expedite the delivery of the second release
B. Hold a release retrospective
C. Discuss the issue with the project sponsor
D. Terminate the project
B. Hold a release retrospective
During project execution, the new state-of-the-art technology that is used on the project to produce the deliverables is unstable, which puts the whole project at risk of failure. Your sponsor is on vacation and cannot be reached. To get immediate attention to the issue, you want to know what is the escalation procedure.
What should you do next?
A. Consult the stakeholder engagement plan
B. Consult the risk register
C. Consult the communications management plan
D. Submit a change request to replace the technology
C. Consult the communications management plan
A project manager is developing the communications management plan. She has determined which stakeholders need what information and how often she will distribute the various reports.
What else should the project manager do as part of this process?
A. Measure the effectiveness of the communications
B. Determine the information needs of the stakeholders
C. Submit a change request to update the communications management plan
D. Determine how the information will be transmitted
D. Determine how the information will be transmitted
