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During the execution of a maintenance project the contractor submits an offer for additional work The project manager realizes that the activities billed are included in the initial scope of work.What should the project manager do next in this situation?

• Review the project scope and negotiate with the contractor

• Refuse the offer as it is included in the initial project scope

• Review the project costs and communicate this to the project sponsor

• Submit a change request to approve the offer

During project execution, the project manager discovered that a key deliverable was missing from the scope of work After investigation, the project manager and the team discovered that the missing deliverable will impact the critical path.What should the project manager do to avoid future delays?

• Submit a change request.

• Add additional resources to the project

• Update the scope of work.

• Review the risk management plan

A project manager is leading a project which shows a trend to exceed the cost baseline What should the project manager do first to manage the budget?

• Ask the project sponsor for assistance in getting the budget back on track

• Meet with the project team to analyze the actual cost to determine deviations

• Inform the stakeholders that the project will be finished over budget.

• Issue a change request including the analysis to increase the budget

A project team with members from many different countries is struggling to cooperate The project manager accepted these difficulties during the storming phase of team development, but the team has not moved to the next phase The project is beginning to fall behind scheduleWhat can the project manager do to move the team to the norming phase?

• Plan social activities to help foster stronger interpersonal relationships and identify shared goals.

• Speak with the project sponsor about changing the team composition

• Figure out who is behind the issues and apply progressive disciplinary techniques.

• Show the team the schedule impact of their communication issues and encourage them to put their

A vendor informed the project manager that a critical resource will be on a long leave of absence The project team reviewed the pending vendor deliverables and identified an alternative solution, but the solution will incur an additional cost The project is currently on schedule and slightly under budget What should the project manager do next?

• Request a replacement resource

• Perform a cost-benefit analysis

• Implement risk responses

• Perform Integrated Change Control

During the implementation phase of a project, a new regulation affects the project, and a critical status meeting discussing the scope changes is required. The project manager discovers that a key stakeholder cannot attend the scheduled meetingWhat should the project manager do?

• Call for a change control board (CCB) meeting, and inform the stakeholder about the outcome

• Update the communications management plan and implement the change

• Meet with the project sponsor to discuss how to address the situation.

• Meet with the stakeholder prior to the meeting to obtain their opinion

A member of the board of directors is the sponsor of a project that is important to the organization This stakeholder has many other priorities and is not currently engaged in the project activities.How should the stakeholder be engaged in the project?

• Keep the stakeholder informed and consult with them based on their needs

• Involve the stakeholder in governance and decision making

• Consult with the stakeholder and increase their level of interest

• The stakeholder needs to be made aware of the project progress

A team is ready to start working on a project with a customer who was very difficult to work with in the past because the customer was unable to describe exactly what they wanted What approach should the project manager take to remove this impediment?

• Follow a predictive approach in order to obtain formal acceptance of each deliverable

• Work with the product owner to define the minimum viable product(s)

• Reinforce the negotiation and soft skills of the team through training

• Develop and monitor a plan with due dates to reduce the time of completing the product

A client is structured as a matrix organization for an agile project The project manager is working on-site with key stakeholders from different parts of the organization.How should the project manager handle the different stakeholders?

• All stakeholders are important, so the project manager should follow directions provided by management and key stakeholders

• Because there are different perspectives perform a stakeholder analysis and act based on the outcome.

• The project manager is working on the client's premises, so follow the directions of all the key stakeholders

• This is an agile project, so listen only to the directions of the project manager's supervisor and the functional managers of the organization

During daily calls team members share task progress One team member does not usually communicate many details and has critical tasks to be completed All team members are located in different countries and critical work is about to start Which two options will help the project manager in this situation? (Choose two)

• Encourage all team members to use a virtual workspace

• Ask the team to send emails with detailed task progress

• Talk to the team member about their engagement and take appropriate action.

• Reassign the work to a resource who participates in the daily calls

• Report the team member’s poor performance to the functional manager