Nokia SG_Chap 4 Project Integration Management

You were a project manager for a software development project. You decided that the agile life-cycle was the most appropriate for your project. Later, when you are in the middle of your project planning, your team member suggested that significant number of deliverable could be developed by using waterfall approach before the plans were being baselined. Later, there were some changes in management which result in a replacement of some of the previous key stakeholders with the new ones. At the regular status meeting, some new key stakeholders complained that agile life-cycle was too radically different from project management methodology which the stakeholders were familiar to, which was waterfall. Which of the following scenario is the most appropriate in the situation above?

• A.You should ask the team member to issue a change request to propose hybrid life-cycle to meet the expectation of stakeholders not familiar in agile. The request should be processed in Perform Integrated Change Control.

• B.You should provide information regarding agile project life-cycle to the complaining stakeholders.

• C.You should issue a change request to propose hybrid life-cycle to optimize the processes for deliverable which can be developed in waterfall approach. The request should be processed in Perform Integrated Change Control.

• D.You should analyse the impact if the project life-cycle is replaced to hybrid approach and provide thorough report to the Change Control Board before being processed in the Perform Integrated Change Control.

You were a wedding reception project manager. The organisation you were working for provided holistic wedding services from catering to entertainment. For the next project, a customer requested a stand-up comedy show for his wedding reception. Unfortunately, you just found out that the only comedian in your organisation would not be available at the required date. You worried that you cannot fulfil your customer’s expectations because of this issue. Later, you held a meeting with your team regarding the stand-up comedy request. Fortunately, you found that one of your team members had performed as a stand-up comedian before for his previous employer. However, you thought several improvements were still required before performing in the wedding reception. What would you do next in this situation?

• A.Consult your Requirement Trace-ability Matrix to properly collect requirements regarding stand-up comedy request to prevent unrealistic stakeholder expectation.

• B.Planning to ask other project manager who have had experience in providing stand-up comedy services in wedding receptions to share his lessons learned register to leverage the knowledge and skill of your comedian candidate.

• C.Consult your Risk Register to properly categorise this risk and plan the response.

• D.Planning to invite the stand-up comedian to share his/her knowledge to your team member in interaction-rich session between mentor and mentee

You have recently been assigned as a project manager to manage a project that was terminated six months ago because of funding-related issues, but which has since been re-initiated. You want to find out the exact reasons for the termination of the project. You also want to know which deliverable were produced from the terminated project. Which of the following documentation should you review to obtain this information?

• A.Project or Phase Closure Document

• B.Project Document

• C.Supporting document

• D.Final product/services

Charlie Chaplin is a seasoned Project Manager at Joker Group. During the execution of the project, a number of changes were requested by the end customer. Flora managed all the change requests efficiently by formulating a Change Management Plan. The Project Management Plan was updated accordingly and a baseline version of the initial scope was created. The list of deliverable was also updated to reflect these changes. The project was successfully completed and a formal closure was executed. Which of the following activities would be included as part of closing the project?

• A.Review the Scope Baseline

• B.Create a list of the project deliverable

• C.Validate the project deliverable

• D.Create the Scope Management Plan

The organisation is about to begin a series of similar projects. The projects will be managed consecutively. Each project involves developing an online cooking video focused on foods appropriate to the month in which they will be released. For example, the summer videos will include picnic food and cool treats, and the December video will feature holiday foods for new year party. The project sponsor is adamant that the management plan for each project includes emphasis on making the best possible use of the lessons learned register. He believes that other projects have not been successful because they failed to take advantage of lessons learned from previously completed projects. The lessons learned register should be updated :

• A.At the end of each project phase

• B.Weekly

• C.Throughout the project

• D.At the end of the project

Your well planned project is likely to encounter a number of change requests and approved changes during its life cycle. In the change management plan, you have outlined the process that you and others will use to understand the impact of changes. Getting stakeholder acceptance of the decisions related to change on this project is critical, as a failed project could impact shareholder value and the earning projections for the organisations. Your attention is best focused on which of the following regarding changes on your project ?

• A.Tracking and recording changes

• B.Implementing changes

• C.Informing the sponsor changes

• D.Preventing unnecessary changes

You have recently joined an organisation that is just beginning to follow formal project management practices. In a meeting, your manager describes your next assignment, a project to select and implement 5G roll out in Zimbabwe. When you request a signed charter authorising you to begin work, the manager suggests you “just draft something”. Which of the following is true about the development of a project charter ?

• A.The sponsor creates the project charter, and the project manager approves it

• B.The project team creates the project charter, and the PMO approves it

• C.The project manager creates the project charter, and the sponsor approves it

• D.The executive manager creates the project charter, and the functional manager approves it

You are in the middle of leading a major modification project for an existing manufactured product when you learn that the resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. According to your plans, these resources will be needed soon, and their unavailability will affect your timeline and possibly other aspects of the project. What is the best thing to do?

• A.Explain the impact if the promised resources are not made available

• B.Re-plan the project without resources

• C.Show how the resources were originally promised to your project

• D.Crash the project

You have managed a federal highway construction project, which is intended to improve transportation between north and south regions of the country. In the execution phase, you received many complaints from stakeholders, including the highway transportation agency. At least half these complaints were regarding the quality of the micro texture of the road, and the non-conformance to the quality levels incorporated in the project quality management plan. So far, you have successfully fixed all the reported issues, but you are concerned by this recurrent event. What should you do to avoid future similar issues?

• A.Initiate a change request to update the project quality management plan

• B.Initiate a preventive action to reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with the poor quality of the road

• C.Initiate a defect repair to repair the road or completely pave a new road

• D.Initiate a corrective action to bring the future quality of the road in line with the project management plan

Kadir are managing four phases construction project to build a new industrial park. The project size is large and involves a hundred stakeholders and 2 subcontractors. Kadir as his team member who has newbie in large projects like this one ask Kadir about project kick-off meeting when are going to be held?

• A.Shortly after initiation

• B.At the end of project planning and start of project executing

• C.During project initiation

• D.At the beginning of each phase