Blank Quiz 126

An agile team is working on a product deliverable in an organization that is transforming itself to quickly respond to change. The finance team is requesting a project budget for the new product. What should the team do to address this request?

• Work with the finance team to transition to incremental budgeting.

• Request the finance team to allocate a budget based on historical data.

• Provide the budget to the finance team for only the planned increments.

• Extrapolate the budget based on the current cost performance index (CPI).

In a weak matrix environment, two key team members are falling behind with their tasks, which will affect the success of the project. Further investigation by the project manager reveals that they have unresolved issues with each other. The project manager asks them to find a way to resolve the issues, but this is unsuccessful. The project manager then holds a meeting with them to work out a permanent solution to the issues, but this is also unsuccessful. What should the project manager do next?

• Escalate the issue to a higher authority.

• Suspend the two key team members immediately.

• Put the issue on the agenda for the next team meeting.

• Reassign one of the key team members to a different task.

Two team members were recently released from a project because the customer reduced the budget. However, the agile team is still receiving the same, if not more, work requirements as before. How should the agile project leader resolve this situation?

• Update the restriction log with the new team capacity.

• Explain the new project requirements to the team.

• Update the project budget with the released team members.

• Explain the new team velocity to the customer.

The project manager has initiated the project and the team's roles and responsibilities have been assigned. In preparation for the development of the project management plan, the project manager reviews lessons learned from previous projects and discovers that the same team has been missing delivery dates. What should the project manager do to ensure timely delivery?

• Ask the team leader to assign other resources.

• Update the issue log.

• Include this in the risk register.

• Escalate the issue to the functional manager.

In a construction project for a new building, the project manager decides to apply agile principles for the building foundation phase. While evaluating the project schedule with the team, the project manager believes that the estimates are inaccurate. How should the project manager address this issue?

• Create a product backlog

• Perform sprint reviews with the team

• Assess the previous project velocity

• Reduce the story size by splitting stories

A project manager is managing the scope of the project and creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) with the team members. How should the project manager organize the WBS?

• Cost oriented

• Deliverable oriented

• Customer oriented

• Team oriented

A new team member is hired and the training is taking longer than expected. This impacts the overall project performance. What immediate action should the project manager take to improve the situation?

• Communicate this issue to the human resources department.

• Provide additional training to the new hire.

• Increase team cohesiveness by sharing information and experiences openly.

• Update the issue log and define the mitigation strategy.

A project leader of an agile team realizes that one team member is unmotivated, which is affecting the whole team. What should the project leader do to improve the situation?

• Invest in developing the team's emotional intelligence.

• Ask the unmotivated team member to take a short leave.

• Reduce the number of daily and retrospective meetings.

• Send the unmotivated team member to another team.

A project manager is assigned to a strategic communication project that involves subject matter experts (SMEs), interns, and new recruits. The project manager discovers that the project is not gaining much traction due to knowledge gaps from the interns. The budget for training is exhausted and the project needs to be delivered without delay. Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

• Identify the sources and specifics of the knowledge gap from the interns and new recruits.

• Hire more SMEs and inform the human resources manager to lay off the nonperforming interns and new recruits.

• Initiate a project change request for additional budget to train the interns and new recruits.

• Ignore the issues with the project and try to deliver the project successfully without asking for training funds.

• Put the interns and new recruits into groups and assign a SME as a mentor.

On a project to create the perfect paper airplane, the development of the airplane is performed in iterations. The artwork to go on the wings and tail is done using a predictive approach. One of the stakeholders provides a requirement that conflicts with the product owner's requirements. Who is responsible for analyzing the new requirement and making the final decision?

• Project manager

• Scrum master

• Project sponsor

• Product owner