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WorksheetsPLC Quiz 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
A project manager has recently been assigned to a new project. When the project manager first meets the project team, the team tells the project manager that all of the management plans and documents for the project are missing.
What should the project manager do?
Ask the stakeholders to develop all of the project artifacts so the project team can continue their scheduled activities
Create the project management plans with the project team and share the documents with the stakeholders
Continue working on scheduled tasks to avoid delaying the project and leave the development of project artifacts for later
Adapt the project management plans and documents from previous executed projects in order to save time
A town wants to build a community center and has appointed a project manager. A site was found, and all of the necessary approvals and governance were completed. When the project kick-off was held, it was discovered that a local farmers' group was not consulted, and they use the site for a monthly market.
What should the project manager do to move forward with the project?
Continue building the center as the farmers' group does not need to be consulted.
Document a risk related to the impact that the farmers' group could bring to the project.
Request that the project sponsor discuss compensation with the farmers' group for the lost business.
Discuss the project objectives with all stakeholders, including the farmers' group, and review their requirements.
A project manager is working on a large IT project. During a review for one of the deliverables, a stakeholder raised a concern about the final product.
What should the project manager do first?
Set up a meeting with the product owner to discuss the stakeholder's concern.
Discuss this with the team and review the project requirements documentation.
Set up a meeting with the sponsor to discuss the details of the deliverable.
Discuss this with the team and put the stakeholder's concern in the issue log.
A multiyear resource constraint project is midway through the execution phase. During a progress update meeting, it was determined that there might be a schedule delay in delivering the project. The project manager has observed that all of the team members are working hard and lots of deliverables have already been completed.
What should the project manager do immediately about this situation?
Ask the project planner to identify the critical path and respective delayed activities, and then investigate the reasons for the delay.
Prepare a monthly report by highlighting the completed deliverables and communicate the delay to management.
Register the schedule risk and present the new resources requirement to the change management board for schedule recovery.
Ask the scheduler to update the schedule with the percent of work in progress (WIP) and communicate the results to the team.
A company is implementing a growth strategy by constructing a new production facility, which will soon move into the operation phase. Although a governance policy was already in place, the company must comply with new financial regulations that have been recently implemented. Compliance with the regulations will cause a major change in project scope.
How should the project manager respond to this requirement?
Proceed with the existing company governance policy.
Perform an analysis to assess the impact on the project.
Directly comply with the financial regulations
Escalate the issue to upper management and let them decide
A project manager leads a hybrid project and collaborates with the client to develop the project contract. Some delays have been experienced due to unforeseen technical difficulties and new dependencies. However, the project manager is optimistic about recovering the delays in the upcoming sprints. A key stakeholder asked the project manager if the contract deadlines can be met.
hat should the project manager do first?
Study the contract terms and deadlines to ensure they are not under risk and confirm them with the stakeholder.
Clarify the current work progress, causes for delays, existing risks, and planned corrective actions.
Submit a request for extra time and budget related to the dependencies and technical difficulties.
Ask the stakeholder to remain calm and confirm that they are participating in all team meetings.
A project manager is leading a cross-departmental project that involves many stakeholders. During the project, the project manager observes that the stakeholders are diverse and have different expectations about handling the project. This leads to frequent confusion and misunderstandings among the stakeholders.
What should the project manager do to integrate the diverse stakeholder groups?
Advise the team members to focus on project work and avoid getting distracted by the stakeholders’ disagreements.
Hold separate meetings with the individual stakeholders and escalate their concerns to the project sponsor.
Develop a joint quality policy for the project and seek a commitment by all of the departments.
Analyze the probability and impact of the risks linked with the situation and implement the proper response plan.
A project is on its fifth iteration out of six. One member of the team has left the company unexpectedly.
What should the project manager do next?
Detail the reason for the project delay in the status report.
Invite the stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan.
Take on some of the necessary work to minimize the impact.
Register an issue and escalate it to the project sponsor.
During the early phase of a project, the requirements documentation was not approved. It was identified that the leader of a user party was not included in any of the requirements collection communications.
Which of the documents was likely missed or outdated?
Stakeholder Register
Business Documentation
Risk Register
Project Charter
An organization is transitioning to agile delivery, and a new team has been assembled. A project is not going well because the variation of the team velocity is very high, and every sprint delivers less than the commitment. A new project lead with a strong technical background has been assigned to the project.
What should the project lead do?
Ask that estimations be provided only by senior developers.
Allocate more time for estimation in the sprint planning.
Review and update the estimations in the daily standup.
Recommend a different estimation method in the retrospective.
