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A PMO was recently established to support the organization's new strategy following a global restructuring process.

Which two actions should the PMO leader take to effectively identify the expectations of PMO customers? (Choose 2)

A.

Review existing PMO guidelines and processes to ensure alignment with assumed customers' needs.

B.

Analyze past performance reports of the company's projects to create a catalog of services for the PMO.

C.

Establish a feedback loop with PMO customers to continuously gather insights on how the PMO can better support their needs.

D.

Conduct one-on-one interviews with C-suite executives to understand their strategic goals and how the PMO can support achieving them.

E.

Survey all employees to gather general feedback on the PMO's role and impact on the organization.

The PMO at an expanding healthcare organization has been tasked with enhancing the organization's project management practices to achieve higher efficiency and better outcomes. To achieve this, the first step is to perform a gap analysis to evaluate the current state of project management maturity. This analysis will help PMO understand the existing capabilities, identify gaps compared to industry standards, and highlight areas needing improvement. Based on the results, the aim is to create a targeted improvement plan to elevate the organization's project management maturity level.

What is the primary purpose of conducting a gap analysis in the context of evaluating and progressing organizational project management capability?

A.

To justify the need for additional project management software tools that conduct gap analysis and maturity levels.

B.

To identify gaps between current project management practices and desired maturity levels, and develop targeted improvement plans.

C.

To benchmark project performance and maturity levels against other organizations in the same industry.

D.

To reassign project managers based on their individual skill sets, maturity, and performance levels.

The board of directors wants to oversee the company's strategic portfolio of capital projects. The PMO will support the portfolio management.

What should the PMO professional do to ensure that the portfolio's alignment to strategy meets the executives' expectations?

A.

Define the proper portfolio alignment to the company's strategy.

B.

Establish a benefits realization process to ensure aligned business outcomes.

C.

Implement a portfolio management software for tracking progress.

D.

Develop a feedback loop so executives can provide their perceptions of service outcomes.

Over the past 5 years, the enterprise PMO (EPMO) has grown and consistently exceeds expectations. It receives excellent customer feedback, with customers regularly sharing their successes across the organization, increasing the PMO's influence. The CEO has tasked the PMO professional with advancing the organization's digital transformation in project management to the next level.

How should the PMO professional elevate the digital transformation culture in project management?

A.

Identify the most engaged PMO customers and invite them to experiment with new digital initiatives.

B.

Conduct a benchmark analysis to identify emerging digital technologies.

C.

Analyze the needs of different PMO customers to understand which digital solutions could be required.

D.

Prepare a roadmap of new digital initiatives to be implemented in the upcoming years.

A large organization is exploring the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) and has included AI in the pillars of the overall company strategy. The PMO team is aware of the potential related to the use of AI for project management.

How should the PMO lead best support the organizational strategy?

A.

Organize AI trainings on large language models (LLMs) for the PMO team.

B.

Ask the executive team for more support to launch different AI initiatives.

C.

Establish a team within the PMO to try AI use cases for project managers.

D.

Conduct regular webinar sessions for the PMO team about AI topics.

A PMO professional is leading a new PMO that aims to enhance organizational PMO maturity. When the PMO professional presents the roadmap to the board of directors, one of the executives says that no resources are available to work with the PMO.

What should the PMO professional do to avoid this situation in the future?

A.

Invite the executive to engage with the board to understand the resource requirements.

B.

Engage with key stakeholders during planning to evaluate the project resources.

C.

Include a management reserve in the plan to recruit resources when needed.

D.

Assess previous project plans to calculate the number of resources required.

During executive meetings, the leader of a recently established PMO notices that the organization's leaders are worried about falling revenues during the last quarter and are beginning to look for ways to cut costs. The PMO leader is concerned that the PMO may be cut.

What should the PMO do to mitigate this risk?

A.

Continue to demonstrate the value of the PMO.

B.

Increase the PMO's value by increasing the services provided by the PMO.

C.

Demonstrate alignment with the organization by reducing the PMO headcount.

D.

Improve the maturity of the PMO services.

A PMO is ready to deploy new services that address the current, confirmed needs of the organization.

What is the first thing the PMO professional should do to ensure optimal implementation of the PMO services to meet customer expectations?

A.

Tailor educational activities with key customers based on their requests.

B.

Define a step-by-step approach to deploy the new PMO services.

C.

Create and distribute detailed user guides and other educational information.

D.

Educate all customers on the PMO services available.

During the execution phase of the project, the PMO professional notices that a project team is consistently falling behind schedule. Despite the best efforts of the PMO to provide additional resources and support, the team continues to struggle with meeting the deliverables. The PMO professional determines that the root cause of the delays is poor communication among team members.

Which two tasks should the PMO professional take? (Choose 2)

A.

Replace some resources from the project team to make collaboration among the team more efficient.

B.

Implement project management software to facilitate real-time collaboration and communication among team members.

C.

Reallocate additional resources from other project teams to compensate for the delays and ensure timely completion.

D.

Escalate the issue to senior management and request additional budget for outsourcing certain project tasks to external vendors.

E.

Provide a series of project management training sessions to improve communication skills and foster better teamwork.

An experienced PMO professional is tasked with establishing guidelines and procedures to ensure effective decision-making and accountability throughout the project life cycle in a large-scale project management environment. The PMO professional needs to facilitate the establishment of structured guidelines and procedures to govern project activities and promote organizational alignment.

Which action should the PMO professional prioritize?

A.

Establish a centralized repository for project documentation and knowledge sharing to ensure transparency and accessibility.

B.

Collaborate with project stakeholders to define roles and responsibilities to ensure clarity and accountability.

C.

Conduct regular audits to evaluate compliance with established guidelines and identify areas for improvement.

D.

Implement a performance measurement framework to assess project progress and outcomes against metrics of past projects.