A project manager determines that a critical path activity is going to be delayed. The team proposes a fallback plan that could get the project back on track; however, the plan would require an additional cost to an already tight budget.
What should the project manager do?

• A.Add additional resources to the project to fast track certain activities and reduce delays.
• B.Evaluate the fallback plan proposed by the team and submit a change request, if required.
• C.Use the existing budget for executing the fallback plan and update the baseline.
• D.Communicate the delay to stakeholders and maintain the existing budget baseline.

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A project manager is managing a project aimed at providing incremental deliveries to the market every three months. The team has been assigned, and the product backlog was created and prioritized by the product owner. After four iterations, the product owner escalates complaints to the CEO because the product does not meet the product owner's expectations.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation from happening?

• A.Performed risk management analysis during daily scrums
• B.Implemented sprint reviews with the product owner and retrospectives with the team to minimize gaps
• C.Reviewed the organizational process assets (OPAs) and lessons learned from similar projects
• D.Performed backlog grooming to ensure that acceptance criteria were being met

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A project manager has been assigned to lead a project to deploy a new system. The stakeholders disagree on the project objectives and approach.
What should the project manager do?

• A.Conduct a general meeting with all stakeholders and review and address a list of activities for each of them
• B.Breakdown the situation to identify the root causes for the disagreement and then work with each stakeholder and participating entity on their exact roles and responsibilities
• C.Conduct scoping workshops with the project team to create a work breakdown structure (WBS), assign tasks to various entities share this with all stakeholders, and ask the team to complete their tasks as scheduled
• D.Create a roles and responsibilities matrix based on the project charter and ask the sponsor to share it with all stakeholders to provide credible authority

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A project manager is managing a megaproject. The project stakeholders are from different geographical areas and have diverse cultural and social backgrounds. The project manager wants to improve team productivity to realize more effective and efficient results.
Which action should the project manager take?

• A.Encourage team members to network so that they know each other's cultural backgrounds.
• B.Empower team members to participate in decision-making and take ownership of actions.
• C.Implement a flexible work schedule policy to eliminate the time zone problems among stakeholders.
• D.Provide a relaxed work schedule policy and encourage team members to work from home.

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A research and development team is finishing up a two year initiative The project manager is focused on the closing activities for the project.
Which activity should be considered as a priority?

• A.Ensure that knowledge transfer activities are executed as planned
• B.Mark the product backlog completion status and update the communications management plan.
• C.Hold a steering committee meeting to inform them of the project completion
• D.Release the resources and plan for a project completion celebration.

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