PM Quiz - Framework, Integration, Scope

You are currently managing multiple projects relating to a high-profile build-out of a major retail center. The project is extensive, with a two-year timeline. Bob is the project manager responsible for the east block of the build-out, and Sally is the project manager responsible for the north block of the build-out. Both Bob and Sally report to you. Your role can best be described as:

• A. Lead project manager

• B. Department manager

• C. Program manager

• D. Portfolio manager

Which of the following is an agile technique that regularly checks the effectiveness of the quality process, looks for the root cause of issues, and suggests trials of new approaches to improve quality

• A. Retrospective

• B. Daily Standup

• C. Backlog

• D. User Stories

What two actions are performed as a part of the Initiating process group?

• A. Hold the project kickoff meeting and perform stakeholder identification

• B. Develop the project charter and project kickoff meeting

• C. Create the project plan and develop the project charter

• D. Develop the project charter and stakeholder identification

Which of the following is NOT true about project charter?

• A. Project charter is written only by the Project Manager

• B. Project charter defines the purpose of the project

• C. Identify and authorizes the Project Manager

• D. Project charter is authorized by Executive Management

Joshua is a project manager for continuous mobile apps , In order to ensure the success of the agile implementation, before beginning the project, He created a session to exchange information and discuss the agile principle within team members. Below is part of the agile values (choose three)

• A. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

• B. Working software is the primary measure of progress

• C. Responding to change over following a plan

• D. Working software over comprehensive documentation

• E. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development

A project manager invited several vendors to a pre-bid conference. After a private conversation with one of the vendors who had an inquiry about a new mandatory government requirement, the project manager sent an email to the vendor to address the question. The project manager realizes that the requirement should have been included in the project scope baseline and the statement of work (SOW).

What should the project manager do in this situation?

• A. No further action is needed as the vendor's question have been addressed

• B. Update the statement of work and the scope baseline, and communicate the changes to all vendors

• C. Update the statement of work and the scope baseline, and hold another pre-bid conference

• D. Update the SOW, submit a change request to update the scope baseline, and communicate the changes to all vendors

A project manager is managing a project where requirements are not fully known, and high level of uncertainty exists.

• A. Agile

• B. Hybrid

• C. Predictive

• D. Waterfall

You gave the responsibility of collecting requirement from project stakeholder to four of your team members. After starting the requirement collection process, one of your team members left the job and the requirements could not be compiled properly. Initially, you did not notice this, however, during a product review, a few stakeholders told you that some of the features in the product were not requested by them. Therefore, to verify their comments you review the product requirements and identify the issue.

• A. Scope creep

• B. Scope slippage

• C. Gold plating

• D. Opportunity

As a project is nearing completion, a struggle between the product owner and the project sponsor regarding who owns the benefits derived from the deliverable becomes a matter of litigation.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this conflict from happening?

• A. Identified the project sponsor as a stakeholder at the beginning of the project.

• B. Develop and approve the project charter jointly with the product owner and the project sponsor.

• C. Created a detailed work breakdown structure (WBS).

• D. Identified and captured any potential issues in the issue log.

It is a simplified product released to a limited audience to test the audience’s reactions and gain feedback.

• A. Minimum Viable Product

• B. Story Point

• C. Backlog

• D. User Story