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PMI Project Management Professional
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A project manager is starting a new project, and the project team is located in different countries. The team was going to use a specific tool to hold virtual meetings. However, that tool is not available in one team member's country.
How should the project manager deal with this situation?

  1. Contact the project sponsor to have the team member removed from the project
  2. Ask the team member to move to another location where the tool is available
  3. Investigate alternative tools for virtual meetings that are available to all team members
  4. Start the project and use email to communicate with the team member until the tool is available

Answer(s): C



Halfway through a project, the project sponsor is replaced by another peer who was not previously engaged in the project. The new project sponsor has rejected most of the project artifacts, and the team did not get the latest increment approved on the current iteration. Stakeholders are not feeling confident about the project outcome.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation?

  1. Performed a stakeholder analysis when the sponsor joined the project
  2. Held a governance meeting to review the project increment
  3. Escalated the issue to ensure the increment would be approved
  4. Conducted a product iteration review with the new project sponsor

Answer(s): A



A regulatory branch of an environmental government agency has recently placed a ban on the manufacturing of a specified thickness of plastic packaging products. This ban will take effect in 12 months. The project manager for a startup firm working in alternative packaging has been monitoring the progress of this law for a while and, as part of the risk management, has identified new products that can support a growing customer base.
What should the project manager do next?

  1. Begin a marketing campaign to sell alternative packaging after the 12-month period ends
  2. Organize a meeting with all stakeholders and review the stakeholder engagement plan
  3. Continue production processes and plan to discuss changes at the next annual target review meeting
  4. Inform management of the new law as an opportunity to expand market share and share the proposed products

Answer(s): D



A project manager is part of a balanced matrix project organization. The project manager will receive all work performance updates directly from the new sourcing department head who has no time to spare to give the project manager the information.
What should the project manager do?

  1. Discuss the situation with the company project sponsor for advice
  2. Request information directly from the sourcing department team members
  3. Work out a resolution in consultation with the sourcing department head
  4. Present the situation to the manager of the sourcing department head

Answer(s): C



A project manager has just been hired by a company without a project management governance structure. During the kick-off meeting, a key stakeholder emphasizes the importance of the project meeting the company's strategy, investment, and compliance requirements.
What should the project manager do?

  1. Put into place a project governance model in line with the requirements
  2. Replicate the organizational governance to the project governance
  3. Create an organizational project management governance
  4. Ask the organization to create a project portfolio governance

Answer(s): A



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