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WorksheetsPMI SH - Integrate Project Planning Activities
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
During a meeting, a team member on a construction project presents a proposal to the project manager. The proposal states that dividing the project into two phases will mitigate the risk of delays. The first phase would result in a minimum viable product (MVP) that would provide the client with early benefits. This would limit the extent of the damages and other cost overruns by 90%.
What should the project manager do next?
Conduct a feasibility study to assess the risks and benefits of the proposal.
Reject the proposal and continue with the project as initially planned.
Instruct the team to implement the proposed changes without further review.
Discuss the proposal with the client and other stakeholders to get their input.
After preparing the project management plan, a project manager schedules a meeting with key stakeholders to finalize the planning phase. The project manager is now preparing for the executing phase.
What should the project manager do next?
Define the project and create the project charter.
Put the project plan into action.
Ensure all deliverables are completed.
Address risks to make sure the project is on track.
A project manager is leading a project that will deliver a new product. The project manager needs to decide between options proposed by various cross-functional teams. The project manager uses a decision-making matrix and has identified criteria to evaluate the options and assign a relative weight to each criterion.
What should the project manager do next?
Draft a counter-proposal and share it with stakeholders.
Eliminate the alternative with the least weight.
Score each alternative for each criterion.
Choose the preferred alternative based on voting.
A project manager recently joined an organization that is implementing a portfolio of strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing profitability.
The project manager reviews a past project's business case with the project sponsor to ensure that the project was aligned with the organization's goals and to learn from its successes and failures.
Which of the following project outcomes would be considered most successful in the context of this organization's strategic initiatives?
The project was delivered under budget by 25%, and the overall duration was 20% longer than initially scheduled.
The project was delivered on budget, and the project management office (PMO) approved the project closure.
The project was delivered early, entered the market before the competition, and exceeded the budget by 10%.
The project was delivered on schedule, within budget, and yielded a 5% increase in projected product sales.
A project manager is overseeing the development and launch of a new product. In order to comply with the Project Management Office (PMO)'s guidelines, the project manager is required to ensure a Benefits Realization Plan outlining the business value to be delivered is created. The project manager is currently documenting the Roles and Responsibilities for this task in the form of a RACI chart.
Who will be accountable for ensuring the project brings value to the organization?
Project sponsor
Project manager
Solution architect
Steering committee
A new project manager is hired to replace a project manager who was recently transferred to another project. The team members tell the new project manager that the project is behind schedule due to delays in document approvals from the customer.
What should the project manager do first?
Meet with the customer to discuss the delays and negotiate a new deadline.
Talk to the previous project manager to understand the situation better.
Reach out to the customer and request expedited document approvals.
Assess the impact of the delays on the project schedule and budget.
A project manager is managing several interconnected projects. Some of these projects rely on specific deliverables from other projects. To avoid bottlenecks and facilitate project success, the project manager must assess the consolidated project plans for dependencies.
What is the most appropriate action for the project manager to take in this situation?
Identify and document all inter-project dependencies.
Adjust project timelines to remove dependencies.
Eliminate all potential inter-project dependencies.
Ensure that all projects can proceed independently.
A project manager is leading a team on a new development project. The team is made up of a diverse group of people with different personalities and work styles. The project manager is committed to creating a cohesive and productive team, so they decided to introduce the DISC behavior model to help team members understand each other better.
Based on the DISC behavior model, which of the following characteristics best describes the Influence style?
Direct, result-oriented, and firm
Outgoing, enthusiastic, optimistic
Accommodating, patient, humble, tactful
Analytical, reserved, and precise
A project manager needs to ensure that the products of the organization meet certain government standards and regulations. The project manager's team is developing a business requirements document (BRD) to help in this regard.
Which of the following statements are correct about compliance requirements?
(Choose 2).
Compliance requirements are functional requirements and must be included in the BRD.
Compliance requirements are non-functional requirements and must be documented in the BRD.
Compliance requirements should be part of the project scope and should be managed by the project team.
Compliance requirements can be considered organization assets and do not need to be included in the BRD.
Compliance requirements can not be considered organization assets and must be included in the BRD.
The project manager for a complex project, aimed at improving the company's financial results, decides to use the Expected Monetary Value (EMV) method to select the best strategy. To achieve this, the project team defines three scenarios with the following probabilities of outcome: scenario 1 (25%), scenario 2 (50%), and scenario 3 (25%) for strategy A, with scores $160, $120, and -$20 respectively. The other strategy, strategy B, scored an EMV of $75.
Which strategy will the project manager prefer?
Strategy A with an EMV score for Strategy A of 65.
Strategy B with an EMV score for Strategy B of 75.
Strategy A with an EMV score for Strategy A of 95.
Strategy B with an EMV score for Strategy A of 95.
A project manager is in a matrix organization environment. The project manager notices the team is not working well together, performing poorly, and delivering poor quality results.
How should the project manager address this with the team?
Conduct a team meeting to discuss the issue.
Meet with each team member individually to get their perspective.
Create a communication plan to improve communication between team members.
Reassign team members to different roles.
A project being run by a project manager is implementing a new technology. The project manager wants to be sure that the project delivers business value.
What roles are critical in ensuring that the organization will benefit from the project delivery? (Choose 3).
People and culture manager
Project manager
Business analyst
Customer lead
Technical architect
A project manager is leading a project with numerous risks that may occur sequentially and could potentially result in significant financial consequences.
What should the project manager do to better understand the risks?
Perform a SWOT analysis with stakeholders.
Analyze a probability and impact matrix.
Participate in a brainstorming session.
Build a decision tree with the project team.
A product team is using a prototyping approach to deliver a multiyear business initiative. The project manager notices that a few user stories are taking longer to be delivered.
What should the project manager do?
Review the project timeline and reallocate resources.
Conduct a retrospective with the team to identify bottlenecks.
Escalate the issue to senior management for intervention.
Modify the project scope to remove the delayed user stories.
A project manager is assigned to a project that will ensure that the organization meets regulatory compliance with new legislation. In which phase of the project should the project manager document compliance objectives?
Initiation phase
Planning phase
Execution phase
Closing phase
A project is in the planning phase and requires tremendous time and effort for data collection and analysis. The project sponsor asks the project manager to skip a planned focus group discussion and brainstorming sessions in an effort to accelerate the process.
What should the project manager do next?
Report the issue to the project steering committee.
Acknowledge the project sponsor's request and skip the sessions.
Tell the project sponsor that skipping the sessions will jeopardize the project.
Meet with the project sponsor to understand the reasons for the time constraints.
A project manager notices that a project is not running well and deliverables are falling behind. What is the first step the project manager should take in order to make a decision on how to progress with the project?
Identify the problem.
Brainstorm solutions.
Establish a measurement criteria.
Set a goal.
A project manager is assigned to a long-term project with a duration of three years. Which approach should the project manager take to address near-term activities, while long-term work is planned at a high level and detailed later?
Focus on acquiring a team and deliver as soon as possible.
Engage the sponsor in the validation and prioritization processes.
Perform workshops with the client for delivery dates.
Validate the requirements and perform rolling wave planning.
