According to Tuckman, which of the following is not one of the stages of team development?

Ashley, the agile team’s product owner, recently hired Bill as a software developer for their team. Unfortunately, after Bill was hired, another product owner was able to reserve 50% of Bill’s time for their project. What is one of the key problems with not having Bill dedicated to Ashley’s team?

Which TWO activities might a project manager be doing while acquiring resources for their project?

Your website development project is newly underway. The team appears to be in the “storming” stage, with several members insisting that the process occurs in a certain way and others unwilling to participate after their views were overruled. You recognize that cooperation and collaboration are imperative for the team to achieve the sponsor’s goal of a working prototype within the next few weeks. What is the most helpful action for you to take?

The new cloud computing project had been going well when Tammy, the project manager, received a call from an irate stakeholder who said there were several issues on the project that were not being addressed or given more visibility. Tammy knew there was an issue log with the current status information for these problems. Tammy was therefore not clear as to why the stakeholder was unaware of this. What would be the most appropriate action for Tammy?

As a project manager involved in controlling procurements, you are aware that early termination of a contract is a special case of procurement closure. The special cases of procurement closure can result from all of the following except?

Frances is overseeing an agile software project whose customer is very interested in seeing its progress. In particular, the customer wants to see regular updates on the project’s delivered business value. Which measurement tool should Frances ensure the team is tracking?

Which statement about the project critical path is true?

While acquiring your project team, you realize that, according to the project charter, a specific consultant is required to be on your team. This consultant has particular knowledge, and your client has directed you to hire him as a team member. This situation describes which tools and techniques are used for acquiring resources?

You are assigned as the manager of a massive multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project with a time span of 3 years. You are working in the planning process group for your project, and you are currently creating the project WBS. Due to a lack of information, you decide to create the WBS for the commissioning phase of the project (the last phase) in more detail later, once you have more information. This approach to developing the WBS is also known as:

Your project is 4 weeks behind schedule, and you have been asked to crash it to make up the lost time. The tasks listed in the table below are all on the critical path. Which of the tasks below would you crash?

You are managing a project, and one of your close friends is also a manager at the client organization. During the project execution, your friend requests changes to the project scope, citing them as critical to the project’s success, and asks you to handle them informally. He argues that if you want to follow the normal change procedures, you will lose considerable time. What should you do in this situation?

Which of the following risk categories has the greatest potential impact on a project?

Select the best answer for the following question. At what point do closing activities begin in an iteration-based agile project?

You are the construction project manager of an important stadium that is going to be used for the Winter Olympics. The games start a month from now, and your project has faced some weather delays in pouring the concrete for the landscaping. You know that bad weather might affect the concrete’s quality; however, since the deadline is approaching, you decide not to delay the project further and proceed with the remaining concrete work. Which risk strategy are you undertaking?

Rhonda is an IT Manager responsible for an important new project. The stakeholders are encouraging her to adopt Scrum; however, her team lacks experience with it. What is the most important cultural factor Rhonda should ensure is in place for a successful change to this method?

Tom is managing a software development project in a large IT firm. According to the project’s essential requirements, he has written an email to a functional manager requesting that several staff members be assigned to his project permanently for a 2-week period. The functional manager has rejected Tom’s request. What should Tom do in this situation?

You are managing a residential building construction project. Your client has just requested a change in the lighting system, which may increase project risk and costs. What should be your first action?

For the purpose of recording project lessons learned, you are analyzing the major delay in the project schedule. The root cause of the delay was a demonstration done by a group of green initiative supporters. They were unhappy because their representatives were not informed about all the measures you are taking to protect the environment. What could you and your team have done better to prevent this from happening?

In planning quality management, which of the following is not attributable to the cost of non-conformance?