A project manager is overseeing a 10-mile piping installation project that was supposed to spend US$15,000 per mile of piping installation and should complete the project exactly 20 weeks from its start. The project manager just found out that only 80% of the work has been completed.
What is the budget at completion (BAC)?
An agile project started 6 months ago. Since the beginning of the project, there have been disagreements among team members regarding daily meetings since some of the team members are not available at the same time. The project manager is convinced an agile team should be self-organizing, and that meeting times should be worked out by the team.
What should the project manager do?
A project team used agile approaches to create a minimum viable product (MVP). Currently, the team is discussing the possible next steps.
What should be the next step?
Project team member A has a conflict with project team member B. The project manager believes project team member A's behavior is unacceptable. However, project team member A believes their behavior is appropriate.
What should the project manager do?
An agile team is geographically separated across multiple continents, and the project manager is in the process of identifying the tools to manage the communication among the virtual teams. Drag the appropriate tool on the left to each project task on the right.
An adaptive project is in the planning stage. The project manager is preparing a communications management plan to share critical, project-related information and updates.
Which approach should the project manager take?
In a daily standup meeting, a project manager notices that a team member's reports include incomplete tasks with no impediments. A colleague informs the project manager that this team member is experiencing a personal issue.
What should the project manager do?
A scrum master noticed that one of the team members is afraid to ask questions, does not like to collaborate with other team members, and avoids taking responsibility for their actions. What is the likely reason that would cause a team member to behave that way?
A team member has escalated an issue to the project manager, stating that they have done their part of the job. Their concern is that there is still no response from the other party in the service level agreement (SLA). The team member is eager to find a resolution for the reported issue.
What should the project manager advise the team member to do to ensure that the project escalation mechanism is effective?
A project team member identified a procurement risk and sent an email to the project sponsor highlighting the risk.
The sponsor forwarded the email to the project manager asking for further details. After speaking with the sponsor, the project manager decided to take preventive action.
Which document should the project manager review with their team?
A project manager is approached by two new product owners who were instructed by their managers to join a new agile team. Both product owners were told they could start working with the new agile team immediately.
What should the project manager do to advise both product owners?
A project manager is working on a software development project. Software development will be carried out through a partnership with a vendor based on a list of initial requirements not yet completely defined.
What type of contract and project approach should the project manager consider?
An agile team is in the early phases of the development cycle for a project; however, they have already begun to deliver functionality to the customer. The team has identified risks to the project and are working on developing the mitigation strategy.
What should the project manager do next?
A project manager works with a multifunctional team. During a review meeting, two team members disagree on the development approach.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager is asked to manage an agile project, allowing the company to comply with a new upcoming regulation. After the project kickoff, the scope is modified to have the project team work on specific tasks, while a global team will manage the program for several countries in parallel. The project management plan has not yet been shared, and the deadline to complete the project is fixed.
What should the project manager do to handle the scope change?