Applied Project Management

While preparing a project's third progress report, the project manager identifies that the project will experience delays due to late material deliveries. The two previous project reports indicated that the project was on track. What should the project manage

• Contact the procurement manager to expedite delivery of the material.

• Add it to the issue log and include it in the project report.

• Discuss it with the project team to determine the most appropriate way to respond.

• Escalate the issue to the project owner and request a schedule change

George is managing a construction project and currently sequencing the project activities and defining their logical relationships. Two activities have both the SS (Start to Start) and FF (Finish to Finish) relationships. How should George schedule these activities?

• Select the FF relationship as this can help meet the project deadlines

• Select the relationship with the highest impact

• Apply both the relationships

• Select the SS relationship as this is more logical than the FF relationship

You have just received an invoice from your supplier that contains some uncertified items. Payments to the supplier are processed through your corporate accounts payable system only after certification of satisfactory work by the project quality control specialist. What should you do?

• Ask the supplier to stop all deliveries until the matter has a resolution

• Process the supplier’s invoice since this is your liability

• Call the supplier and obtain more information

• Seek judicial arbitration

You are managing a track construction project. The construction contract awarded to your company is fixed price and is based on some pre-determined quantities of work to be executed. During the project execution you find out that the actual quantities of work that need to be executed are 20% greater than what has been stated in the contract. What should you do?

• Engage a third-party arbitrator to help resolve the issue

• Bill the buyer the additional scope of work separately without amending the contract

• Sue the buyer for stating wrong quantities in the contract

• Collect necessary evidence and request the buyer to amend the contract with new quantities

A functional manager meets with the project manager's boss to discuss a change to the acceptance criteria for a major deliverable. After the meeting, the boss calls the project manager into his office and tells him to make the change. What is the BEST thing to do?

• Make the change as soon as possible

• Update the baseline with the instructed changes

• Evaluate the impact of the change

• Supply the boss with a change form

Ben is the project manager for a mobile application development project. Due to a recent technological development, a significant change in the product design is required. This change would require a 25 percent increase in the project budget. Ben prepares a detailed report and emails it to the project sponsor, and the sponsor acknowledges the receipt of the report. What should Ben do next?

• Update the cost management plan

• Update the project budget

• Update the project schedule

• Wait for the formal approval of the new budget

A complex project is in the planning phase. The sponsor assigns a newly certified project manager to the project. Upon review of the project charter, the project manager uncovers several factors that could impact the project in unpredictable ways. What should the project manager do?

• Inform the project sponsor about the possible impacts these factors may have on the project

• Update the project plan with details about schedule and budget forecasts

• Extend the issue log to include a what-if scenario analysis

• Develop a risk management plan with details about the various factors

During the planning phase for the expansion of a services company, stakeholders conducted a feasibility study to establish the type of new service the company should provide. During an alternatives analysis, another type of service was determined to be more effective. The change control board (CCB) has approved the change request for the alternative service. What should the project manager do?

• Implement the change as approved

• Conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the alternative service

• Request justification from the CCB for the change

• Modify the change to reduce the impact on the schedule and budget

Which of the following is correct?

• The critical path helps prove how long the project will take

• There can be only one critical path

• The network diagram will change every time the end date changes

• A project may have no critical path

Which of the following is the best strategy for managing project stakeholders who have high interests in the project but do not have significant powers?

• Keep them satisfied

• Manage them closely

• Continuously monitor them

• Keep them informed