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WorksheetsOrganizational Leadership and Project Management Worksheet
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Proactive Organizational Leadership Roles: Which of the following is considered a proactive organizational leadership role of a Project Manager?
Solely tracking the project's schedule and budget variances.
Managing Internal Political & Strategic Issues.
Directly performing annual performance reviews for the Project Team.
Executing the technical project tasks as delegated by the team.
The leadership style that provides balance by adapting the amount of direction and support based on a team member's competence and commitment is known as:
Transformational Leadership
Transactional Leadership
Laissez-Faire Leadership
Situational Leadership
What two leadership qualities are considered the core competencies of the Project Manager?
Schedule Development & Budget Forecasting
Project Leadership & Relationship Management
Technical Expertise & Quality Control
Risk Identification & Scope Management
What is the primary benefit that effective Conflict Management provides to a project?
Guaranteeing the project will be completed under budget.
Greater Productivity & Positive Working Relationships.
Eliminating the need for any decision-making escalation.
Minimizing the scope to avoid future disagreement.
Which conflict resolution technique leads to a Win/Win outcome by fully integrating both parties' concerns into a superior solution?
Forcing (Directing)
Compromising (Reconciling)
Avoiding (Withdrawing)
Collaboration (Problem-Solving)
Essential for Effective Conflict Leadership: What is essential for a leader to have for effective leadership during conflict?
Extensive technical knowledge of the conflict's subject matter.
Complete authority to dictate the final decision.
Self-Awareness & Knowing your natural coping style and understanding the team dynamic.
The ability to avoid all emotional discussions.
Who Executes the Work? In project management, who is primarily responsible for executing the Project Plan and getting the Project Work done?
The Project Sponsor
The Functional Manager
The Project Team
The Project Manager
Which phase of the Tuckman Ladder of Team Development explicitly involves Conflict Management as the team works through disagreements over roles and processes?
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Requirement to Achieve Performing Phase: What is required to successfully progress the Project Team from the conflict phase to the highly functional Performing phase?
Finding new members to replace those involved in the conflict.
The Project Manager adopting a Laissez-Faire approach.
Norming (Establishing Team Ground Rules / Team Charter).
Getting executive management to dictate all team processes.
In modern project management, what kind of organizational structure should we generally assume when dealing with shared resources between Project and Functional Managers?
Functional
Projectized
Matrix
Hierarchical
What type of collaboration specifically addresses consensus building across the different departments in a Matrix organization?
Vertical Reporting Collaboration
Intra-Team Collaboration
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Executive Management Collaboration
Which of the following is one of the three steps that can be taken to establish stakeholder collaboration?
Reducing the project scope to only one department's area of control.
Setting a Clear Decision-Making Process.
Requiring all stakeholders to report directly to the Project Manager.
Eliminating all non-essential communication methods.
What type of Development Approach especially benefits from Collaboration, due to its iterative and highly adaptive nature?
Waterfall/Predictive
AGILE/Adaptive
Critical Path Method (CPM)
Earned Value Management (EVM)
Project Manager's Organizational Awareness The Organizational Awareness a Project Manager needs is primarily focused on understanding:
The historical financial performance of the entire company.
The company's annual employee satisfaction scores.
Open concerns or lack of agreement amongst team members or key stakeholders.
The detailed technical specifications of the final product.
Which of the following is a key consensus building recommendation?
Immediately dismissing any input that disagrees with the Project Sponsor's direction.
Only meeting with team members as a full group to ensure transparency.
Ensure Shared Understanding, Meet 1 on 1, Incorporate Feedback, Acknowledge Input.
Requiring every team member to sign a document agreeing to all project decisions.
What three core abilities are needed for Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?
Ability to Plan, Execute, and Close the project
Ability to Identify, Assess, and Manage Emotions
Ability to Schedule, Budget, and Risk-Analyze the project
Ability to Delegate, Support, and Direct team members
Which relationships require high levels of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) from the Project Manager?
Relationships with external vendors and procurement agents.
Relationships with the Project Team and the Cross-Functional Stakeholders.
Relationships with administrative support staff.
Relationships with technical hardware systems.
What action can a Project Manager take to increase their Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?
Participate / Perform various EQ Assessments.
Spend more time alone
What is one of the unique roles of the Project Manager, especially concerning senior management?
Solely writing the final technical specifications for the product.
Leading cross-functionally & building consensus – especially amongst Senior Management.
Performing all hands-on quality inspections and tests.
Functionally managing the departmental staff’s vacation schedules.
Levels of Decision-Making Escalation: Which of the following correctly lists a level for decision-making escalation?
Team Member Level
Sponsor/Executive Level
Administrative Level
Compliance/Audit Level
Ultimate Responsibility for Buy-in: Who is ultimately responsible for leading the effort to gain Project Sponsor & senior management buy-in?
The Project Team
The Functional Manager
The Project Manager as the Project Leader
The Organizational Change Management team
Organizational Structure (Matrix Detail): The assumed Matrix organizational structure is described as balanced because it has:
Low levels of authority for both Functional and Project Managers.
Both Functional & Project Managers sharing authority over project resources.
The Project Manager holding all resource authority, with the Functional Manager providing only technical guidance.
The Project Sponsor dictating all decisions without input from the managers.
Consensus Building Recommendation (Focus on Acknowledgment): Which of the following consensus building recommendations addresses the importance of validating a stakeholder's contribution, even if their idea isn't ultimately used?
Ensure Shared Understanding
Meet 1 on 1
Incorporate Feedback
Acknowledge Input
Which unique role of the Project Manager relates to guiding complex issues that cannot be resolved at the working level up to the necessary organizational height?
Strictly adhering to the project's original budget.
Directly managing the career progression of all team members.
Managing the levels of decision-making escalation.
Personally performing all quality assurance tests.
