pmp exam part 21

  You are attempting to coordinate activities between your project, another related project, and operations, all of which are being managed as a group. A conflict has arisen over control of a key resource that is vital to both projects as well as operations. The conflict has reached an impasse and needs to be resolved by a higher authority.

 

What is your best course of action?

• Discuss the problem with the portfolio manager

• Escalate the issue to the operations manager

• Raise the issue with the other project manager

• Request help from the project management office

A team of generalizing specialists with expertise in adaptive organizational change is assigned to a project that will change the organizational structure from a weak matrix to a project-oriented organizational type. The product owner is concerned that the broad impact of the change will cause significant resistance by those affected by the change.

 

What is the best strategy for the project team to assist with change adoption?

• Keep the project confidential until the effective date of the reorganization

• Appoint a change control board to review and decide on changes

• Reassure the project managers that their scope of authority will not change

• Incorporate stakeholder engagement and motivational approaches

   Two project team members have had frequent clashes, which have at times resulted in shouting matches during team meetings. The project manager has intervened, asked them to resolve their differences, and even facilitated a meeting between them, but things have gotten worse. The project manager is concerned that the situation is negatively affecting team cohesion and is placing the successful completion of the project at risk.

 

What should the project manager do next?

• Use formal procedures including disciplinary actions

• Allow the team members to resolve their differences on their own

   

• Facilitate another meeting between the two team members

   

• Request that the other project team members intercede as a form of peer pressure

   

To engage the newly identified stakeholders in the project at the earliest opportunity, the scrum master suggests inviting them to the upcoming sprint review meeting to demonstrate to the stakeholders that the team is moving in the right direction and get feedback from the stakeholders about what the team has accomplished.

 

Which of the following is another reason for inviting the stakeholders to this meeting?

• To reflect on the team performance

• To prioritize high-risk user stories for the next sprint

• To reprioritize the release backlog

• To discuss the high-level plans for the next sprint

A software development project operates in an uncertain and rapidly changing environment. Competitors are constantly releasing new products with features more advanced than those developed by the team. To keep up with the market, the sprint plans are continuously updated. The project manager is concerned that the project is in danger due to "done drift".

 

What decision will the project manager have to make under these circumstances?

• How to keep the team motivated despite more advanced features developed by competitors

   

•   When to switch from the adaptive to predictive development approach to prevent further changes

• What to do with the knowledge gained during the sprint retrospective meetings

• Whether to release the product as-is or continue updating the features prior to launch