PMI Study Hall Questions Flashcards
Since the beginning of a project, the product owner keeps asking during ceremonies about the budget spent for each product iteration. The product owner seems much more interested in the cost rather than the product itself.
What should the project manager have done earlier to change the product owner’s behavior?
A. Worked on different approaches of estimating to give confidence of the cost spent in each product increment
B. Worked on a communications management plan with reports of budget spent in each iteration versus planned to avoid these discussions during ceremonies
C. Worked with the product owner to clarify their role in an agile project and the scope of the agile ceremonies
D. Worked on a fixed-price contract to switch the product owner’s attention to value instead of money
Solution: C. Worked with the product owner to clarify their role in an agile project and the scope of the agile ceremonies
The Project Manager should take this opportunity to mentor the Product owner on the role of the team[Product Owner being a part of the team] in Agile projects, which appears to have been missed earlier. Hence this is the correct answer.
The team is not concerned with the budgetary aspects in Agile projects. Hence the remaining options are incorrect.
This question and rationale were developed in reference to:
O’Reilly Platform (No Date) //Essential Scrum - chapter 20 - Sprint execution/ [Item]
The Agile Practice Guide (No Date) PMI/PMI/4/37 [Item Educate stakeholders around why and how to be agile. Explain the benefits of business value based on prioritization, greater accountability and productivity of empowered teams, and improved quality from more frequent reviews, etc.]
What can a project manager do to communicate the formal project announcement and relevant information to stakeholders, and then gain their commitment?
A.Create the project charter.
B.Conduct a kick-off meeting.
C.Develop the communications management plan.
D.Prepare and distribute the responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) matrix.
Solution: C. Developed communications plan.
By developing a communications plan, the project manager can ensure that the stakeholders are kept informed of the project’s progress and that they have a way to communicate their concerns. This can help to avoid the situation where stakeholders are complaining and declining meetings.
The other options are incorrect. Creating the project charter is a good idea, but it is not the most important thing to do in this situation. The project manager needs to address the issue of stakeholder communication first. Conducting a kick-off meeting is a good way to communicate with stakeholders, but it is not enough on its own. The project manager needs to have a plan for ongoing communication with stakeholders. Distributing a RACI matrix is a tool that can be used to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders. However, it is not a substitute for a comprehensive communications plan.
This question and rationale were developed in reference to:
e-Reads (No Date) //Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Fifth Edition./Chapter 5 - Conducting the Project Kick‐Off Meeting [Item]
| PMBoK, Sixth edition (2021) PMI/PMI/3/ [Item Project Initiation and Project Communications Management]
Fundamentals of Technology PM, 2nd Ed (2nd) Colleen Garton, Erika McCulloch/Mc Press/6/195 [Item]
