Daily Question #21
At what stage in the project life cycle would costs be the lowest?
At what stage in the project life cycle would costs be the lowest?
Anonymous Quiz
37%
a. Starting the Project
29%
b. Organizing and Preparing
2%
c. Carrying Out the Work
32%
d. Ending the Project
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Daily Question #5382
A subcontracting company is presenting its feature release. A key stakeholder is asking to add a new feature to the product.
How should the project manager deal with the new requirement?
A subcontracting company is presenting its feature release. A key stakeholder is asking to add a new feature to the product.
How should the project manager deal with the new requirement?
Anonymous Quiz
66%
a. Follow the change management process and work with procurement if needed.
3%
b. Engage an arbitrator to resolve any conflict while handling the new requirement.
25%
c. Add the change to the next sprint to meet the customer's needs.
7%
d. Allocate resources to work on the new feature immediately to complete the request.
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Daily Question #6910
A project manager has introduced the Obeya/Big Room approach to a complex construction project to improve communication and decision-making among cross-functional teams. While the approach initially helped streamline collaboration, the project manager starts noticing that meetings are becoming unproductive, with team members spending more time in the Big Room without making meaningful progress on their tasks. Some stakeholders also feel disengaged because their input is overlooked.
What should the project manager recognize as a common pitfall of using the Obeya/Big Room, and how can it be addressed?
Answers:
a. Using the Big Room only for high-level decision-making, which slows down project execution.
b. Allowing only a small group of people to attend the Big Room sessions, excluding key team members from the decision-making process.
c. Scheduling Big Room sessions too infrequently, which leads to delayed decision-making and lack of real-time collaboration.
d. Failing to establish a clear structure and agenda, leading to unproductive meetings and disengagement among team members.
A project manager has introduced the Obeya/Big Room approach to a complex construction project to improve communication and decision-making among cross-functional teams. While the approach initially helped streamline collaboration, the project manager starts noticing that meetings are becoming unproductive, with team members spending more time in the Big Room without making meaningful progress on their tasks. Some stakeholders also feel disengaged because their input is overlooked.
What should the project manager recognize as a common pitfall of using the Obeya/Big Room, and how can it be addressed?
Answers:
a. Using the Big Room only for high-level decision-making, which slows down project execution.
b. Allowing only a small group of people to attend the Big Room sessions, excluding key team members from the decision-making process.
c. Scheduling Big Room sessions too infrequently, which leads to delayed decision-making and lack of real-time collaboration.
d. Failing to establish a clear structure and agenda, leading to unproductive meetings and disengagement among team members.
Daily Question #5025
During the execution of a project, a company decides that everybody will need to take vacation time before the end of the year. This may cause a change in the project timeline.
How should the project manager address the situation?
Answers:
a. Discuss the vacation plan and include scheduling changes in the change log database.
b. Submit a formal request to senior management asking them not to proceed with this decision based on the impact it will have on the project.
c. Agree with functional management and team members on a vacation schedule that would minimally impact the project schedule.
d. Push out the project timeline according to the vacation plan in place based on the recent company policy.
During the execution of a project, a company decides that everybody will need to take vacation time before the end of the year. This may cause a change in the project timeline.
How should the project manager address the situation?
Answers:
a. Discuss the vacation plan and include scheduling changes in the change log database.
b. Submit a formal request to senior management asking them not to proceed with this decision based on the impact it will have on the project.
c. Agree with functional management and team members on a vacation schedule that would minimally impact the project schedule.
d. Push out the project timeline according to the vacation plan in place based on the recent company policy.
Daily Question #1956
Assume you work for a technology company that is publically owned, and the value of its stock is tracked daily by the CFO and is reported to the portfolio manager. Quarterly meetings are held with stockholders as the company went public through an Initial public offering (IPO) last year. These stockholders:
Assume you work for a technology company that is publically owned, and the value of its stock is tracked daily by the CFO and is reported to the portfolio manager. Quarterly meetings are held with stockholders as the company went public through an Initial public offering (IPO) last year. These stockholders:
Daily Question #2995
A project manager is reviewing the status of a large project with team members in different countries. Through the status review, the project manager notices that one team is consistently behind schedule and their work often needs to be corrected.
What should the project manager do to improve the quality of this team's work?
Answers:
a. Evaluate the issue with the team to determine if they have the necessary skills to perform assignments.
b. Review the issue with the project sponsor and work to reduce the scope for that team.
c. Guide all team members and bring in external consultants to complete the work.
d. Ask a local subject matter expert (SME) to assist the team in reviewing the project requirements.
A project manager is reviewing the status of a large project with team members in different countries. Through the status review, the project manager notices that one team is consistently behind schedule and their work often needs to be corrected.
What should the project manager do to improve the quality of this team's work?
Answers:
a. Evaluate the issue with the team to determine if they have the necessary skills to perform assignments.
b. Review the issue with the project sponsor and work to reduce the scope for that team.
c. Guide all team members and bring in external consultants to complete the work.
d. Ask a local subject matter expert (SME) to assist the team in reviewing the project requirements.
Daily Question #4757
A project team member wants to select specific challenging tasks in the subsequent iteration.
How can the project lead help the team member in the next iteration?
A project team member wants to select specific challenging tasks in the subsequent iteration.
How can the project lead help the team member in the next iteration?
Anonymous Quiz
9%
a. Assign the challenging tasks to the team member.
14%
b. Ask the product owner to assign the challenging tasks.
19%
c. Reprioritize the challenging tasks to future sprints.
58%
d. Coach the team member to pick up the challenging tasks.
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Daily Question #1149
Manual filing systems, electronic text databases, and project management software that allow team members to share information about the project are examples of:
Manual filing systems, electronic text databases, and project management software that allow team members to share information about the project are examples of:
Anonymous Quiz
6%
a. A communication management plan.
3%
b. An information retrieval system.
11%
c. An information distribution system.
80%
d. A project management information system.
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Daily Question #684
Effective project integration usually requires an emphasis on:
Effective project integration usually requires an emphasis on:
Anonymous Quiz
7%
a. The personal careers of the team members.
21%
b. Timely updates to the project management plan.
57%
c. Effective communications at key interface points.
14%
d. Product control.
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Daily Question #813
A management reserve:
A management reserve:
Anonymous Quiz
11%
a. Is part of the cost and/or schedule baseline
68%
b. Is used to cover the costs unidentified risks
11%
c. May be used to cover changes to the baselines
11%
d. Should be fully used, even if it means adding extra features
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Daily Question #5279
Due to delays in some activities one of the project team members has increased the scope without any approval.
What should the project manager do next?
Due to delays in some activities one of the project team members has increased the scope without any approval.
What should the project manager do next?
Anonymous Quiz
13%
a. Remove the changes to match the original requirements.
6%
b. Add team members to the project to avoid more schedule delays.
81%
c. Evaluate the impacts of the changes that were made to the project.
0%
d. Update project documentation with the new scope.
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Daily Question #5450
In an attempt to streamline project communications, a project manager established a shared portal for all stakeholders to get project information. The sponsor complained about this system and said that it was ineffective.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation from occurring?
In an attempt to streamline project communications, a project manager established a shared portal for all stakeholders to get project information. The sponsor complained about this system and said that it was ineffective.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation from occurring?
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Daily Question #4989
A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time. The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal. In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time. The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal. In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped.
What should the project manager do?
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Daily Question #5438
A project manager is new to hybrid project management and is worried about the project because it has a high level of requirements uncertainty. The team has experience with hybrid projects, performs daily standups, and is committed to the project. The project manager is concerned about losing control of the project and would like to have a more central role.
How should the project manager address this issue?
A project manager is new to hybrid project management and is worried about the project because it has a high level of requirements uncertainty. The team has experience with hybrid projects, performs daily standups, and is committed to the project. The project manager is concerned about losing control of the project and would like to have a more central role.
How should the project manager address this issue?