pmp exam part 18

The project manager is 6 months into a multi-million-dollar project. The latest analysis shows a CPI of 1.5 and an SPI of 0.6.

 

What should she do?

• Nothing. The analysis shows the project is on budget and on schedule.

• Consider crashing the project schedule

• Replace one of the higher paid team members with a lower-salaried employee

• Inform the customer that you are extending the delivery date for the project

A project manager is currently in the process of determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements. Due to the sensitive nature of the project, there is a concern that some stakeholders will not provide candid feedback unless confidentiality is maintained.

 

What is the project manager's best course of action?

• Conduct interviews to elicit information from stakeholders by talking to them directly

• Use brainstorming to generate and collect multiple ideas related to project requirements

   

• Hold a focus group to learn about stakeholder expectations and attitudes about the project

• Use multicriteria decision analysis to provide a systematic analytical approach for establishing criteria

   

A project manager is leading a product development project, which will use an agile framework. The project team and other stakeholders are co-located at the company's corporate office.

 

What is the best way for the project manager to communicate the project status and promote transparency?

• Reserve a conference room and invite all relevant stakeholders to monthly project status meetings

• Post burndown charts and other project status documents to the company's intranet site

• Share the appropriate information whenever requested by stakeholders

   

• Display burndown charts and other relevant project artifacts in a highly visible location

  You are leading a project in a small startup company with decentralized purchasing. A supplier informs you that they have excess inventory that can be purchased at a reduced price. You review the project's inventory needs and find that most of the excess inventory offered by the supplier can be used for the project.

 

What is your best course of action?

 

• Refer the supplier to the project sponsor for procurement

• Negotiate and sign a procurement contract with the supplier

• Refer the supplier to the procurement department

   

• Refer the supplier to the project management office (PMO)

A project manager has been asked to create a document that formally authorizes a project to use ground-penetrating radar to map geological conditions along a proposed crude oil pipeline route. The performing organization has a written formal agreement in place to share the data with a local university. The project manager has reviewed the business documents and considered any relevant external environmental factors to create the requested document.

 

What might the project manager do next?

• Research the stakeholder engagement plan for any information to be included in the document

•   Ensure any relevant information from the memorandum of understanding (MOU) is included in the document

• Review the business case for any pertinent information

• Look to see if a benefits management plan was previously created