Project Management Exam Study Guide - 106 Questions & Answers The boss has asked you to research project management tools that will help with building
... [Show More] and planning tasks on a timeline. Which type of toll would you most likely consider? A Scheduling Program A project that you manage is behind schedule. You have identified an approach that would get the project back on track, but it would require you to break one of your organizations policies. What is the best course of action? Determine if the rule is one that can be broken and come up with an alternative plan of action if your approach doesn't work Tiko and Camille's boss has a project in which the solution is a bit unclear. Tiko wants to use a waterfall approach and Camille wants to use the Agile approach. Which approach is best and why? Agile is best because it delivers partial solutions at regular intervals. Your organization runs numerous projects and wants to choose the most appropriate resources for each project team. Which of the following is the best tool for identifying project resources? enterprise project management software During which process group does the project manager orient team members to the project and expectations? Executing What are the components that differentiate a project from operational work? a unique goal, a temporary endeavor, and usually a budget James is managing a project in which he has some authority to make decisions. In which type of organizational structure is James most likely managing this project? a matrix organization Ravi took on a system implementation project that he estimated would take six months to complete, but the work keeps continuing. What is the likely cause? The project is not clearly defined. Which organizational factor would you use when having to make a difficult decision? the organization's mission Rosanne's boss asks her to manage a project. Which question requires understanding of objectives, requirements, deliverables, and success criteria to answer? How will you know when you are done?
Which of the following skills is not crucial for a project manager to possess? Accounting You are hiring a new project manager to take over a project with several teams that often disagree on what they are supposed to do. Which competency would you feel is most important in a candidate for this situation? strong leadership skills Your project seems to be going off track, so you take action to resolve the problem. In which project management process group are you working? Monitoring and Controlling Rudolph, the project manager, is trying to obtain customer approval of project deliverables. It is taking longer than he anticipated because the customer wants to discuss the results. What is the most likely reason for these delays? The success criteria aren't clear and quantifiable Banton is defining his project deliverables. Which statement describes what a project deliverable is? Deliverables are the results that the project delivers and help define the project scope The sponsor of Project T5 assigned you as the project manager, and the project has already been approved. What is the first thing you need to do as the project manager? Review what has been done and complete any tasks not addressed As part of the project definition, Bisa identifies risks for the project. What is the purpose of doing this during project initiation? so management can decide whether the risks are serious enough to warrant denying the project After the plan is approved and project work begins, Tara's boss is not happy about a project delay for an upgrade. The vendor thought Tara's team would do the upgrade, and Tara thought the vendor would do it. What was missed in this situation? An assumption was not identified You are managing a project that is implementing a new financial system. You need to include some of the finance department's resources on the team. Which stakeholder should you approach? a functional or line manager Why is it important to document the project scope? to remind stakeholders what they agreed to and to prevent scope creep Sakait has done some extra work to appease a client. Now the client is asking her to do one more task, which is significant and not part of project scope. What should Sakait do?
Sakait should tell the client the task is not within scope and add the task using the change control process You are the project manager for a healthcare system implementation project. The sponsor has asked you to create a project definition. What will the sponsor use this document for? to decide whether to approve the project Krisha is gathering information on her stakeholders, such as department names, factors that motivate them, who they listen to, and their contributions on the project. What is this document called? a stakeholder analysis Your boss has asked you to be the project manager of an approved software implementation project. Which project document identifies your authority and responsibilities? a project charter Several stakeholders for a project disagree on the priorities of many project objectives. Who would you ask first for help resolving this issue? the project sponsor Your client has asked for a project that will fix productivity concerns with the customer service department. After asking "why" several times, you are able to determine the cause and create a _____. problem statement Project objectives help you flesh out a project by _____. defining project scope Ramesh is creating objectives for his project. Which SMART step will help him identify actual progress? Measurable Your team has identified possible [Show Less]