Daily Question #880
You need to purchase 1500 ft. of rubber tubing and 330 15-gauge flow control units. In order to do this you fill out a purchase order request form, submit it to the Purchasing Agent for your region, and wait for the materials to arrive.
What type of procurement organization does this represent?

Daily Question #1491
John was one of the executives who had a high interest in your portfolio and a high level of influence. During the last organization change, John was promoted to the board-level role where his level of interest in your portfolio decreases. According to the Communication Strategy Matrix, how should you deal with John?

Daily Question #4790
A product owner has returned from a meeting with a few key stakeholders, who expressed interest in learning more about the project progress. The product owner is seeking the project manager's recommendation on how to approach this request.
What should the project manager do to help the product owner?
Answers:
a. Provide an overview of the completed functionalities and release plan, and capture expectations for future stakeholder involvement.
b. Invite the product owner to future demonstrations where they can provide feedback.
c. Provide access to the latest user acceptance test (UAT) environment so they can see the solution.
d. Remind the product owner of stakeholder accountability, and ask the product owner to determine the appropriate next steps.

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Daily Question #285
You are a project manager for one of many projects in a large and important program. At a highlevel status meeting, you note that another project manager has reported his project on schedule. Looking back on your project over the last few weeks, you remember many deliverables from the other project that arrived late.
What should you do?

Daily Question #3303
Hal approaches you for advice. He is about to start working on the Define Portfolio process and feels as though everything has already been defined and that this process can be skipped. How would you advise Hal?
Answers:
a. I would advise Hal that he can skip the process and proceed to do a portfolio component inventory
b. I would advise Hal that the he is correct and the process can be skipped.
c. I would advise Hal that the process should not be skipped and is important because it provides a graphical overview of key portfolio elements
d. I would advise Hal that the process should not be skipped and is important because the portfolio needs to be organized for evaluation, selection, and prioritization.

Daily Question #2536
A project is almost completed, and both the sponsor and the project management office (PMO) are happy with the project manager's performance reviews. The project manager is under budget and ahead of schedule. However, a team member asks to add a feature to the product that will make the product more impressive and acceptable to the end users.
What should the project manager do first?

Daily Question #2694
An organization is transitioning to agile. The project manager is discussing how to manage risks with the development team in light of the transition for a particular project. The team estimates the risk level as low.
What should the project manager do?
Answers:
a. Capture all the backlog entries assessed by the development team to have evidence that risk management has been completed
b. Create a risk register to identify, capture, review, and manage risks using a risk management process.
c. Trust the development team's risk estimation and inform the project sponsor that the risks will be evaluated at a later time.
d. Create a risk register and include a single generic risk, set the level to low, and then close the risk at the end of the project.