Multiple Answer

A project is in the execution phase, and one of the key resources suddenly resigns. What should the project manager do first?

• Inform the sponsor and update the risk register.
• Reassign the tasks and look for a replacement.
• Update the project schedule.
• Escalate the issue to human resources.

During a project, a client requests additional features that were not part of the original scope. What should the project manager do?

• Reject the request since it is not in the original scope.
• Approve the change and include it in the scope baseline.
• Initiate a change request and evaluate the impact.
• Inform the team and start working on the changes.

During a project status meeting, a stakeholder expresses concerns about the project's progress. What should the project manager do?

• Reassure the stakeholder without providing details.
• Provide a detailed update on the project's progress.
• Escalate the concern to the sponsor.
• Avoid discussing the concern.

During a project meeting, a stakeholder requests a change to the project deliverable. What should the project manager do?

• Approve the change immediately.
• Initiate a change request and evaluate the impact.
• Reject the change request.
• Inform the team to implement the change.

A project manager is assigned to a new project team that has several stakeholders who can have significant influence over the project outcomes. The project manager categorized the stakeholders into four different groups and wants to define the communication strategy. How should the project manager handle communication?

• Describe the four groups in the project stakeholder matrix.
• Define and direct communication to influential stakeholders.
• Develop and define a communication strategy for stakeholders.
• Utilize a uniform communication structure across all groups.

A product owner is trying to understand how many of the user stories have been completed within a 2-week sprint. How should the project manager approach this situation?

• Invite the product owner to regular standup meetings.
• Use retrospectives to deliver the finished products.
• Share the burndown chart with the product owner.
• Have a face-to-face conversation with the product owner.

A company's leadership team has decided to invest in a new product using an agile approach. The commercial and product teams have started the planning activity for this new venture. Which three key factors does the project manager need in order to deliver this product?

• High-level product backlog
• Key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Schedule performance indexes (SPIs)
• Product vision
• Product roadmap

During the planning stage of a project, the project manager realizes that a standard stakeholder engagement approach will not suffice. One of the client representatives, who is not a key decision maker, is extremely opinionated and could become a roadblock to progress due to their perceived level of authority during meetings. How should the project manager handle this moving forward?

• Allocate time to gain buy-in from the stakeholder prior to key decision meetings.
• Update the risk register to consider the possible project impacts.
• Update the project schedule to cater to this particular stakeholder.
• Ask that only key decision makers attend the project meetings

In a multinational, multi-location project with virtual teams, a project manager has established a project baseline. The project manager discovers that multiple risk elements have appeared. The project manager did not foresee these risks during the planning stage of the project. What should the project manager calculate to address this critical budgetary situation?

• Contingency control in the project and rebaseline
• Mitigation control in the project
• Currency exchange rate
• Benefits management control in the project
• Integrated change control in the project

A project manager is leading a meeting with key stakeholders, the project sponsor, and the product owner to define the features that will be released after the next iteration. The purpose of the meeting is to review the product backlog prioritization, considering that during the past iteration some deliverables were not completed. Which two items should be taken into account first to review and update the product backlog priorities during the meeting?

• Reusing components from another product
• Complexity and the cost of development
• Length of time each feature has been on the backlog
• Industry trends and the technical approach
• Cost of delaying some features against business value