Daily Question #5264
A government agency is developing a new connectivity policy. The assigned project manager is a famous economist with international recognition. The team is eager to work with the project manager, but feels intimidated. The project manager realizes that a junior economist, whose tasks are behind schedule, is especially intimidated by the situation.
What should the project manager do first?

Daily Question #5014
A key stakeholder has recently started in a company and has been assigned to a hybrid project. Although very experienced in their domain, the stakeholders have only been exposed to predictive project approaches.
What should the project manager do?
Answers:
a. Inform the stakeholder that they must level their knowledge with other stakeholders.
b. Update the risk register with the potential impact and apprise the steering committee.
c. Inform the project management office (PMO) that the team will use a predictive approach for this project.
d. Allocate time to mentor the stakeholder in the selected project approach.

Daily Question #2650
A customer initiated a minor scope change and expects this to be completed without delays or additional costs. The project manager believes that they have adequate authorization to make the decision themselves but is not quite sure.
What should the project manager do next?
Answers:
a. Use the project contingency and implement the change without charging the customer, since the customer's satisfaction is a top priority.
b. Exploit this change opportunity and calculate the cost, risk, and time, then add a reasonable margin and submit it to the customer.
c. Use the Perform Integrated Change Control process and submit this to the change control board (CCB) for approval.
d. Keep the change pending and decide to take this up as part of the final settlement at the end of the project.

Daily Question #5297
The marketing team is transitioning to using hybrid approaches for their projects. The marketing director is not knowledgeable about hybrid methodologies and the project manager needs the director's support, as the marketing director is a key stakeholder.
What should the project manager do to obtain the support?

Daily Question #2146
What is resource leveling?
Answers:
a. A technique used to assess criteria and to discern the weight assigned to different benefits and outcomes
b. A technique used to analyze the various inputs to determine how portfolio value is impacted by change
c. A technique used to indicate whether resource capacity has been optimally matched against resource demands and highlights areas that need adjustment
d. A technique which strives to smooth performance levels by managing bottleneck areas and communicating delayed schedules

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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.