An experienced agile practitioner was explaining the benefits of empowered, self-organizing, and self-directing teams. Some agile team members then complained that their manager is not very agile as demonstrated by their very directive style of communication. How would the agile practitioner most likely respond to this comment?

An agile leader facilitates a retrospective, where team members angrily blame each other for violating working agreements. What should the agile leader do first?

scrum team has just begun developing user stories for their current iteration. Based on the lessons learned at the previous iteration retrospective, the team should do more swarming in this iteration. How would the behaviour of the team members change?

The product owner for an agile project has another project at the same time. As a result, the product owner spends very little time with the development team and the product is suffering. What should an agile practitioner on this team do first?

You have been commissioned by your company to propose a cost-efficient strategy for a new leading-edge server farm. While researching options, you identify the power source to be a large expense of maintaining servers. You narrow the power source choices down to four options with the following attributes: A. Chemical energy has an investment of $1,000,000, return on investment of 25%, and NPV of $200,000, B. Solar energy has an investment of $1,500,000, a payback period of 3 years, and NPV of $350,000, C. Wind energy has an investment of $2,000,000, a payback period of 2 years, and NPV of $250,000, D. Thermal energy has an investment of $1,800,000, a benefit-cost ratio of 2, and NPV of $175,000, Which of these power options should you propose based on the net present value (NPV)?

A project manager has yet to be assigned to a project. The project sponsor asked a group from the project management office (PMO) to get together and discuss the high-level risks of the project and the overall project risk for inclusion in the project charter. After the meeting, the sponsor receives feedback that two of the participants dominated the meeting and others did not have the opportunity to provide their insights. How might this situation have been avoided?

A developer joins a new agile team after working with a different team for 3 years. The developer's former manager keeps asking her for help resolving defects from their previous project. As a result, the developer multitasks and cannot fully dedicate herself to either project, negatively impacting the throughput of both and making both teams frustrated. What is the best course of action for the project manager who leads the current project?

What is meant by RACI?

At the beginning of your project, you were authorized to offer incentives to the designers to work in your company's office building for the duration of the project. You secured a temporary workspace to accommodate the entire project design team in a common area. This strategy allows them to work in proximity to one another to enhance their ability to preforms a unified design team. What tool or technique did you use in this scenario?

During a meeting to determine the requirements for a software development project, everyone agrees to include a particular feature except the director of finance who is adamant that it is too costly. After a lengthy debate, the director of finance changes his mind and agrees to the inclusion of the feature. The decision is finally made to move forward with the feature. What decision-making technique has been used in this scenario?

A project manager is acquiring the team resources as specified in the resource management plan. A scrum master is preassigned to lead the design phase of the project, which will use a scrum framework. However, the scrum master's functional manager states that the scrum master's current project has been extended, and therefore the scrum master cannot be released. What should the project manager do next?

While working on the screen layout of a mobile application, a developer on an agile team came up with a screen improvement idea that will enhance the application's usability, and ultimately increase customer satisfaction. Implementing this idea represents a new requirement. The developer's first thought is to implement this improvement to impress their client. What should the developer do next?

You are leading a project for a weak matrix organization, which will use internal resources. As you acquire the team members, you realize that the staff being offered to you lack the necessary skills required to perform the project work. Training these individuals will take too long, and the training costs were not included in the project budget. What is the first thing you should do in this situation?

During a sprint planning meeting, the scrum team is arguing over 115 story points' worth of user stories that the product owner is pushing to be completed in the upcoming sprint. However, the development team’s average velocity is only 100 story points. Who makes the final decision on how many story points will be targeted for completion during a sprint?

After completing your project's planning, you have selected the team members and determined their roles and responsibilities. What should you do next?

At the iteration review meeting, several stakeholders are confused and concerned with the software being demonstrated as it does not represent their expectations or priorities. Of the following, which is the most likely cause of this situation?

You are leading a software development project that is running behind schedule. The project team was so inspired and motivated by your vision for the project, a truly exceptional product is being developed, but numerous unaddressed operational issues have delayed the project. What might you have done differently to have kept the project on schedule?

As part of the Estimate Activity Durations process, the project manager facilitates a sprint planning meeting with the product owner and Scrum team. The project manager breaks down the user stories into low-level tasks, estimates the time required in hours, and determines the sprint backlog based on the team's capacity. Despite meticulous planning, the sprint fails. What might the project manager have done differently?

A senior developer on your agile team announces that she leaves in two weeks. A change request to hire a replacement is approved, and the new developer is hired. You want to ensure that in the very short time left before the senior developer departs, the knowledge is transferred most efficiently and effectively and that the agile cadence of the team's workflow is maintained. What is your best course of action?

While working on the screen layout of a mobile application, a developer on an agile team came up with a screen improvement idea that will enhance the application's usability, and ultimately increase customer satisfaction. Implementing this idea represents a new requirement. The developer's first thought is to implement this improvement to impress their client. What should the developer do next?

As part of the development of a project management plan, a project manager is determining the team resources that will be needed for a software development project that will use an agile framework. The project manager has identified the specific roles for the development team that includes five programmers and a design expert. What else should the project manager do to finalize the resource breakdown structure?

While developing a project charter, the project manager recommends using seasoned team members from key functional areas to assist them in their efforts. She relays to the project sponsor that input from the seasoned team members would be critical in developing the project charter. Which of the following best matches the tool or technique that the project manager describes as critical?

A servant leader has just been assigned to an upcoming product development project and believes that the project is well-suited to Kanban. However, the development team is unfamiliar with this approach. What is the servant leader's best course of action?

During a project kick-off meeting, the project manager presents the approved project management plan in order to gain commitment to the project and explain the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder. However, after the meeting, several members of the assigned scrum team begin asking questions like, "why are we even doing this project?" and "who would benefit from it and how?". The project manager is concerned that the kick-off meeting was a failure because of the lack of commitment to the project. What might the project manager have done differently?

Team members are complaining that they cannot get their work done because the new sponsor, who is not familiar with agile practices, keeps contacting them for project details. How should the scrum master address this?

During a bidder conference, you see that one bidder is your close friend. What should your next step be?

A project manager suspects that duplicate testing performed by one of the company's departments is why the project is behind schedule. The department manager explains that two testing cycles are departmental policy to ensure the highest quality possible. What should the project manager do to find the reason for the project to fall behind schedule?

During the team's daily stand-up meeting, two of the team members are arguing about how to solve an issue that is delaying development of one of the modules. What is the best course of action foA18:A22r the agile coach to take?

A project manager is leading a project in which a vendor was engaged under a time and materials contract. During a procurement audit, it was discovered that the vendor had been using ghost employees to inflate the cost of the project artificially. As a result, the vendor was terminated for cause. Which organizational process asset is updated to ensure the vendor will not be allowed to work on future projects?

The project you are managing has experienced quality issues, which were the fault of one of the suppliers. Much of the rework the supplier has billed for in the final invoice of $17,500 was created by their quality issues; therefore, you arrived at a revised amount of $15,300 to be paid. You sent the payment of $15,300 along with your justification, but the supplier reinvoiced with a balance due of $2,200. What is your best course of action now?

During project execution, the team discovers that some of the buttons on the remote control developed by the project for a new product do not work according to the specifications. A change request is submitted and approved to replace the buttons. Which of the following best describes this change request?

You are planning the must-have features of a new product in detail so that work can begin and the product can be released to the market as early as possible. The future features are unknown at the moment and will depend on what the competitors release. You will plan these features in greater detail later on. As you and your team create the work breakdown structure (WBS), what will you use to indicate the future features?

An XP development team discusses the size of the software release to be delivered in each iteration by their new project. What advice should an agile practitioner give to the team?

You are a project manager leading your team to develop the stakeholder engagement plan for a software development project. Which of the following enterprise environmental factors might influence this process?

You have a discussion with the finance department manager about the acceptable cost performance index range for the project you are leading. The manager argues that the current CPI of 0.9 is unacceptable and should be within +/- 5%, while you insist that an acceptable CPI range is +/- 10%. Where should you look to determine the acceptable metric?

A project manager is planning an infrastructure project and has just completed the development of the project management plan. What should the project manager do next?

You are managing a medical research project, which requires collecting and freezing blood samples. The stability of the blood samples depends on the freezer maintaining a constant temperature. You have decided to split the samples and place them in two separate freezers if one of the freezers fails. You have also plugged both freezers into power outlets that will be supported by an emergency generator in case of a power outage. Which risk response strategy have you applied?

On a project you are managing, the development of the application for a client is complete. You need to transfer the final product to your client. Which of the following would be the most appropriate technique to transfer ownership of the application to your client?

You are scheduling a meeting of your project team to brainstorm ideas to solve a problem that key stakeholders described in detail in a different meeting. What would be helpful for the upcoming meeting?

You have been informed that one of the critical path's activities must finish no later than September 1st. As a result of this imposed date, the activity's float became negative, and the project schedule is no longer feasible. Which of the following is the best solution?

You have completed a nine-month project, and you are in the closing stage. The project completed on time and under budget and everyone in your department has congratulated you on your achievement. The vice president of your company heard about the success of your project and wants a summary overview of project performance so that he can talk about your success at the next board meeting. What should you provide to him?

A change control board (CCB) has been established for the project you are leading. During project execution, the client contacts you to request a change to a project deliverable which can be accommodated with existing project resources and will not increase cost. What should you do next?

A large and complex multinational project is underway with stakeholders of diverse cultures and ages. The project manager has experienced issues communicating with such a diverse stakeholder community. What is the best course of action?

The agile team coach receives an email request for a copy of the project management plan. How should the team coach respond to this request from a stakeholder who is unfamiliar with agile?

A project has been completed. Two months later, a vendor contacts the project manager stating that their invoice has not been paid. The project manager is surprised as she believes that all invoices have been paid and the procurements closed out. What should the project manager do next?

A supplier that the project is using to subcontract some of the project work has delivered all the contracted work. Which value does the project manager attribute to the accepted deliverable?

A project team is reviewing proposals submitted by several vendors. One project team member suggests selecting the vendor with the lowest cost since the project is over budget. Another project team member is advocating for the vendor with the most expertise since quality is an important factor. What is the best course of action for the project manager?

The project team is undergoing an agile transformation. This requires the team members to maintain their original project plans in the current management tool, but also enter performance data in the new tool built around agile practices. The team identifies that the information in the two tools is out of sync. This risk has been identified earlier in project planning. What is the best course of action for the project manager?

A lead engineer on a construction project expresses concern about conducting the electrical and plumbing work in parallel. Even though performing both activities in parallel has been done before, the engineer requests that the electrical work start after finishing the plumbing work in order to reduce overall project risk and adhere to generally accepted best practices. When developing the project schedule, how should the project manager define the relationship between the electrical and plumbing work?

A dashboard viewable by all project stakeholders displays various statuses using the industry standard of red, yellow, and green colours. Throughout project execution, to meet the needs of the project and some of the project stakeholders, the project manager has been adding more colours to reflect additional statuses. This situation has created confusion among some of the stakeholders over the status naming conventions and meanings. What should the project manager do?

A senior executive is very interested in a product that an agile team is building and asks the scrum master to include several additional features. How should the scrum master respond?

On your current project, you have participated in the development of the project charter, finalized the stakeholder register, and just completed the development of the project management plan. What still needs to be done before project execution can begin?

The project cost baseline was revised and updated. What was the most likely reason for this revision?

An unexpectedly high turnover of contracted developers threatens the objectives of the project that you are managing. To address this issue, you want to increase the rate of pay for the developers and add a bonus for completing the project on scope and schedule. You estimate that the management reserves will be required to cover the cost. What is your best course of action?

A project manager asks a consultant to help implement an approved change request, which involves rolling out a service that is new to the company. What tool is the project manager using?

As a project manager, you are leading a century-old building renovation project, where theft of equipment, materials, and supplies has been a problem. You have found that moving anything of value that is portable into a single secured room of the building has significantly reduced the losses with minimal cost. What should you do next?

A project manager is getting very frustrated that the pace of gathering answers from stakeholders is slowing the project. Every two weeks about fifty stakeholders get together on the phone, and a series of questions are reviewed. The stakeholders do not seem to be focused on the issues. The stakeholders unanimously reject the idea of more meetings. What is the best course of action?

You have started gathering documents you need to implement a planned response to a realized risk. You need a document that will provide summary information on identified risks, as well as an assessment of the current project risk exposure. What is the input document you need?

You have been managing a project to launch a new CRM platform for a large retail organization. After a few weeks into the project, you perform some calculations and determine that the SPI is 0.8 and the CPI is 1.2. Your senior management wants you to get the project back on track. What is your best course of action in this situation?