MOCK TEST 4 MISTAKES Flashcards
What Causing it?**Type Question
A quality management plan states that the project deliverables must be reviewed for quality at least ten days before the customer can inspect for acceptance. Two deliverables have failed the quality requirement.
Use a cause-and-effect diagram.
Cause-and-effect diagrams break down the causes of the problem into groups. This will help to identify the main or root cause.**
What comes next after the scope statement
The project manager and the team is working on a hybrid network upgrade project and have completed the scope statement. A senior stakeholder has informed them that he wants the project to be completed 20% sooner than anticipated.
Just focus on what comes after the scope statement
Decompose the deliverables into work packages for the work breakdown structure (WBS)
Once the **scope statement **is made, the next step would be to decompose those deliverables in the scope statement into work packages to create a work breakdown structure (WBS).
Issue with a team related to sprint how to handle it as PM
A project manager is working on a hybrid software development project to create a new CRM. The team is currently working on the first sprint when a few team members want to spend time checking the codes instead of finishing the sprint to conduct a sprint review and this may delay the sprint.
Have them finished checking the codes, then address this issue during the retrospective.
On an agile project is best to let the team be self-directed and self-organizing. If this leads to issues then it should be brought up in the next retrospectives to be dealt what.
How to handle Change Management Plan
Due to severe weather, the project has been delayed by over two months. The project manager has requested a change to increase the project schedule but was denied by the change control board. T**he board claimed the project manager did not follow the right procedures.
What should the project manager do next?
Review the change management plan.
The project manager should first review the change management plan to understand what was the procedure that should have been followed when requesting a change. If any procedure was not followed correctly, the change could be resubmitted using the correct procedure.
Required by the Government
A recently started project has just been notified of a **new government regulation that requires **a new permit to build a component of the project. The permit will take an additional month to get.
What should the project manager do in this situation?
Implement a change request to update the schedule
The project manager should update the schedule by getting an approved change request. This will ensure the project has enough time to get the required permit.
A new agile software development project is conducting its first sprint. During the daily stand-up meeting, a team member is very disrespectful to other team members. He claims if the work cannot get done his way, he will speak to the product owner himself.
What actions should the project manager take to resolve this issue? (Choose 3)
Meet for a one-on-one discussion with the team member, Review the ground rules signed in the team charter,
Coach the team to resolve issues themselves
The best action would be to meet with the member one-on-one, review the ground rules with the team and coach the team to help resolve this issue.
Issue not a risk
Two team members have informed the project manager that a component on the project will not work as planned and will delay the project.** The project manager was not expecting this issue.**
What should the project manager do?
Have a meeting with the team members and update the issue log
The best action would be to meet with the member and then update the issue log.
An organization has just appointed a new project manager to a company critical project. The project will redesign the organization’s only product. If the project fails, the organization could suffer a large loss of market share.
What should the project manager do to ensure the project is successful?
Ensure plans are realistic, deliverables are reviewed, and the work is monitored
The main function of a project manager is to ensure plans are made correctly, the work is done on time and on budget and someone is monitoring the project.
Remeber be a servant leader
A project manager working on a critical project has been told that if the project fails the company can endure extreme hardship going forward. The company has conducted a similar project many times before.
What should the project manager do to ensure this project is successful?
Engage the stakeholders and motivate the team
In this scenario, it would be best to keep the stakeholders engage and motivate the team. Since the company has conducted this project many times before, there would be no need to closely manage the cost, budget, or scope more than keeping the team motivated and engaging stakeholders.
A project that should have been 65 percent complete by now is 72 percent complete. The total project budget is US$110,000 and the actual cost to date is US$85,000.
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI) for this project?
The SPI is 1.11, and the CPI is .93.
EV = Actual% * BAC = 0.72$110,000 = $79,200, PV = Plan% * BAC = 0.65$110,000 = $71,500, AC = $85,000 (given), SPI = EV/PV = $79,200/$71,500 = 1.11, CPI = EV/AC = $79,200/$85,000 = .93
An organization has informed the project manager that the new product development project needs to be pushed out to the customers within eight months. The project manager alerts the sponsor that the estimated time is 36 months for completion.
What should the project manager do in this situation?
Change the project to agile methods and utilize a minimum viable product approach
The best solution here would be to use agile methods with a minimum viable product. This will allow the project to output a product quicker.
A project has been approved by two senior managers within the organization. Once the project enters into the planning phase, one manager informs the project manager that the plan is not in line with his original expectations. In contrast, the other manager says that it does.
What should the project manager do next time to ensure this situation does not happen again?
Ensure all stakeholders understand the main objectives of the project during initiating.
The best option here would be to ensure all the stakeholders understand the main objectives during initiation.
Expectaions and meeds
During the course of an agile project, a senior stakeholder has informed the project manager that the minimum viable product (MVP) is not meeting their expectations and the project needs to be stopped and fixed right away.
Perform a stakeholder analysis to understand their expectations
Since there is a mismatch between their expectations and what is getting done from the project, it would be best to him analyze what the stakeholders are expecting from the project before producing any more work.
Complicated step-step
During an agile project, a team member fixes a major issue utilizing a very complicated step-by-step procedure that will be hard to replicate in the future. This issue might arise again later in future projects.
What should the project manager do in this situation?
Update the lesson learn register yourself
Since this needs to get added to the lesson learn register, it would be best to add it yourself to ensure it is done correctly can be passed on to other projects.
A project sponsor is concerned that the agile project will not deliver value to its customers due to constant changes throughout the project.
What can the project manager do to ensure that value is delivered in each sprint?
An agile project should have user stories. This way, the team understands what it would take the customers to realize value was produced during the projec
