You were a wedding reception project manager. The organisation you were working for provided holistic wedding services from catering to entertainment. For the next project, a customer requested a stand-up comedy show for his wedding reception. Unfortunately, you just found out that the only comedian in your organisation would not be available at the required date. You worried that you cannot fulfil your customer’s expectations because of this issue. Later, you held a meeting with your team regarding the stand-up comedy request. Fortunately, you found that one of your team members had performed as a stand-up comedian before for his previous employer. However, you thought several improvements were still required before performing in the wedding reception. What would you do next in this situation?

You have recently been assigned as a project manager to manage a project that was terminated six months ago because of funding-related issues, but which has since been re-initiated. You want to find out the exact reasons for the termination of the project. You also want to know which deliverable were produced from the terminated project. Which of the following documentation should you review to obtain this information?

Charlie Chaplin is a seasoned Project Manager at Joker Group. During the execution of the project, a number of changes were requested by the end customer. Flora managed all the change requests efficiently by formulating a Change Management Plan. The Project Management Plan was updated accordingly and a baseline version of the initial scope was created. The list of deliverable was also updated to reflect these changes. The project was successfully completed and a formal closure was executed. Which of the following activities would be included as part of closing the project?

The organisation is about to begin a series of similar projects. The projects will be managed consecutively. Each project involves developing an online cooking video focused on foods appropriate to the month in which they will be released. For example, the summer videos will include picnic food and cool treats, and the December video will feature holiday foods for new year party. The project sponsor is adamant that the management plan for each project includes emphasis on making the best possible use of the lessons learned register. He believes that other projects have not been successful because they failed to take advantage of lessons learned from previously completed projects. The lessons learned register should be updated :

Your well planned project is likely to encounter a number of change requests and approved changes during its life cycle. In the change management plan, you have outlined the process that you and others will use to understand the impact of changes. Getting stakeholder acceptance of the decisions related to change on this project is critical, as a failed project could impact shareholder value and the earning projections for the organisations. Your attention is best focused on which of the following regarding changes on your project ?

You have recently joined an organisation that is just beginning to follow formal project management practices. In a meeting, your manager describes your next assignment, a project to select and implement 5G roll out in Zimbabwe. When you request a signed charter authorising you to begin work, the manager suggests you “just draft something”. Which of the following is true about the development of a project charter ?

You are in the middle of leading a major modification project for an existing manufactured product when you learn that the resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. According to your plans, these resources will be needed soon, and their unavailability will affect your timeline and possibly other aspects of the project. What is the best thing to do?

You have managed a federal highway construction project, which is intended to improve transportation between north and south regions of the country. In the execution phase, you received many complaints from stakeholders, including the highway transportation agency. At least half these complaints were regarding the quality of the micro texture of the road, and the non-conformance to the quality levels incorporated in the project quality management plan. So far, you have successfully fixed all the reported issues, but you are concerned by this recurrent event. What should you do to avoid future similar issues?

Kadir are managing four phases construction project to build a new industrial park. The project size is large and involves a hundred stakeholders and 2 subcontractors. Kadir as his team member who has newbie in large projects like this one ask Kadir about project kick-off meeting when are going to be held?

Gombloh are a project manager for a software project. While implementation still ongoing, His customer is requiring a minor change in project scope and expects him to do this without delays and additional costs. He believes that he has adequate authorisation to make the decision by himself, but he is not quite sure. What should be the next steps?

There is a heavy demand for new houses in your city's expensive neighbourhood. STARK, a construction company, has employed you as a project manager to assess the benefit of building new energy-efficient houses in that neighbourhood, even though it takes more expensive technology to build such houses. You have started gathering data to perform a detailed payback analysis to submit a report to your management. Since the full financial impact of building energy-efficient houses is difficult to estimate, you would like to prepare a rough cost-benefit analysis and include it with the report. Which of the following describes the effort you are undertaking in this scenario?

You are in the final phase of a low-cost car manufacturing project. This project has successfully delivered a low-cost car that runs on batteries. However, to close this project and avoid auditing from government authorities, it must demonstrably comply with many administrative standards. Since your organisation possesses experts who know closing procedures and standards, you want to use them to close this project. This effort is an instance of :

Munaroh has recently been assigned as the project manager for a new shopping mall construction project. Since the project will span well over five years, Munaroh is a bit hesitant to use the current market rates for estimating construction materials cost. The prices have been steadily increasing and the current market rates might not remain valid in the future. Which of the following techniques can Munaroh apply to determine her project budget?

The project is nearing its end. The executives are anxious to assign the project manager to other projects. However, before moving on, the project manager has to deliver the final product to the customer. What should the project manager do first?

You are in the closing phase of your project and one of your colleagues has practised the executions of many projects including their closure. This colleague advised you to review the business case. Why did he give this advice?

Sule has been managing a project for Kokoronotomo Oil Corp. This project involves redesigning filling stations across the state. The redesign involves new gas pumps, security cameras, convenience stores, and use of environmentally friendly materials in the construction. While the redesigning work proceeds, Sule design engineer suggests a secondary alarm system for gas pumps to alert the attendant in case of a spill. Although this suggestion is not in the project requirements, Sule is impressed with the engineer’s recommendation. What should be the next step for Sule with regard to the engineer’s suggestion?

You are a consulting project manager and an investment bank has a contract with you to run a large information technology project that is expected to last 15 months. During the Direct and Manage Project Work process, you discover that several regulatory requirements were addressed in the project management plan but missed from the scope statement. Failure to meet these requirements could result in legal action against the company. However, implementing the technology to comply with these regulations could exceed the budget and scope of the project and result in the cancellation of the project. What should you do?

You are working on an information technology project as a project manager to develop a shopping website for your customers. Some key stakeholders in the project suggested scope changes to improve the website’s look and feel. Your team has analysed the impact of these changes and presented the analysis to the Change Control Board (CCB) for approval. What should be your next step if the CCB accepts all proposed changes?

You have just returned from the weekly change control board meeting where you presented the requested changes to the employee move project. Five changes were approved, but one was denied. You are now updating the project management plan to incorporate the changes. In which project management process would this be done?