Baseline Test 2 SG-21

A new smartphone will be developed by two teams: a hardware team that will use a predictive project management approach and a software team that will use an agile framework. Each team is colocated but resides in two different parts of the country. The teams will need to coordinate their activities very closely, but bringing them together in one location is not an option. What should the project manager do to create the most collaborative environment?

• Use a blended agile approach
• Create a fishbowl window
• Transition the hardware team to agile
• Implement caves and common

Near the end of an iteration, the project team is ready to lead a product review with the product manager. What is the objective of the review?

• Validate the product scope
• Manage product quality
• Control the product scope
• Close the project or phase

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 team will work in a noisy environment requiring hearing protection. To communicate in this type of environment, your employer has a mandatory proprietary instant messaging mobile phone application that will be installed on the phone of every project team member for the duration of the project. The requirement to install this messaging application is an example of which of the following?

• Pull communication
• Push communication
• Enterprise environmental factors
• Communication model

The quality management has been perfect for the project up to this point. Suddenly, the quality assurance (QA) lead who developed and performed most of the quality activities for the project has been temporarily reassigned to help another project. What should the project manager do?

• Submit a change request to adjust the cost baseline and the schedule baseline
• Request the team to develop replacement quality activities
• Assign another team member to carry out the originally planned quality activities
• Pause quality activities until the QA lead returns to the project

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

An organization is transitioning from predictive project management to agile. As a project manager, your upcoming project will require compliance reporting that will need to be submitted to internal auditors due to regulatory oversight. How might you address the need for compliance reporting in this hybrid environment?

• Work with the auditors to streamline the process
• Task one of the team members to complete the compliance reporting
• Transfer the responsibility of compliance reporting to the legal department
• Avoid agile as it not suitable for projects that operate in a regulatory environment

During project execution, the new state-of-the-art technology that is used on the project to produce the deliverables is unstable, which puts the whole project at risk of failure. Your sponsor is on vacation and cannot be reached. To get immediate attention to the issue, you want to know what is the escalation procedure. What should you do next?

• Consult the communications management plan
• Consult the risk register
• Consult the stakeholder engagement plan
• Submit a change request to replace the technology

Monthly audits were performed to determine if project activities comply with corporate policies, procedures, and best practices. Throughout the project, the results of the monthly audits indicated that the team was in compliance. However, at the end of the project, it was determined that some of the project activities did not comply with organizational policies. What most likely caused these compliance gaps to be missed during the audits?

• The audits were conducted by the company's internal audit department
• The audits were conducted by one of the project team members
• The audits were conducted by the project management office (PMO)
• The audits were conducted by an auditor external to the organization

Your project team functions as a well-organized unit. The team members are interdependent and work through issues smoothly and effectively. What is your best course of action?

• Provide clear direction on the project objectives and the behavior expected from the team members
• Help the team to get through their struggle by ensuring they listen to each other and understand their differences
• Ensure the team resolves conflicts quickly and continues to work collaboratively and step in only when needed
• Serve as a gateway between the project team and the stakeholders and delegate decision making to the team members