Daily Question #2940
Your customer's project manager changes during the final stage of a project.
To ensure a smooth transition and avoid a project closure delay, what strategies can you, as your company's project manager, employ?

Daily Question #1458
A junior staff member was recently assigned to the team. The new team member tells the project manager that he is confused because he is not familiar with what is expected of them on the project.
What should the project manager do to assist the new team member?
Answers:
a. Advise the new team member to enroll in project management training
b. Instruct the new team member to review the responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) matrix before asking for help
c. Advise the new team member to review the project charter and stakeholder engagement plan
d. Review the resource management plan and provide mentoring to the new team member if necessary

Daily Question #5367
A project manager is managing a project with a hybrid approach and has requested a senior team member to perform a quantitative risk analysis. The team member responds that they do not have the knowledge to perform such an analysis.
What should the project manager do?
Answers:
a. Contact the project management office (PMO) and request them to assign another team member who has the knowledge to perform this task to the team.
b. Escalate the issue to the functional manager.
c. Help the team member to perform the quantitative risk analysis through coaching, mentoring and training.
d. Perform the quantitative risk analysis for the team member.

Daily Question #4683
During project execution a project team member resigned and a new junior member joined the team. To smooth the transition the project manager assigned a senior project team member to transfer knowledge and support the junior team member. The project manager subsequently received feedback from the senior team member saying that the junior member submitted a poor-quality deliverable and should be removed from the team. However, the project manager checked that deliverable and found it met quality requirements.
Which technique should the project manager use to resolve this issue?

Daily Question #5152
The project manager for a defense software application has a culturally and gender-diverse team with a short project timeline.
Considering the project will be stressful, what skill should the project manager use to monitor the team's performance?

Daily Question #1162
A project manager is implementing a new software system. Some department staff members are questioning the necessity of the change and feel the new system will impede their current processes.
What should the project manager have done at the start of the project to prevent this resistance?
Answers:
a. Created a communications management plan that outlined the method of communicating to stakeholders.
b. Ensured that the company culture encourages changes before accepting the project.
c. Encouraged leadership to discuss the change with departments that are typically resistant to change.
d. Involved stakeholders from all levels of the company so everyone understands the change.

Daily Question #4892
A project manager was recently assigned to a new project that is about to start. The organization has already signed a fixed-cost contract with the customer detailing the scope and final delivery date, but the project manager has identified several internal constraints and conditions that will certainly prevent the project from being completed in the number of iterations initially planned.
What should the project manager do next?
Answers:
a. Create an issue log template that will be used to identify and track impediments.
b. Create a contingency plan in case the project deviates from the initial plan.
c. Create a schedule management plan to ensure the project meets the delivery date.
d. Create an assumption log and map assumptions to impediments based on the impact to the project value.

Daily Question #3106
A new member was included on a project team in an ongoing software project. This team member was the only available resource but does not have the proper experience to accomplish the activities.
What should the project manager do to ensure this team member's lack of experience does not negatively impact the project?
Answers:
a. Schedule a training course for the new team member to fill in their gaps in experience.
b. Log this as an issue in the project issue log and speak with the resource manager.
c. Provide weekly feedback to all project team members, including the new member.
d. Ensure that coaching meetings are in place for this team member within the project timeline.