A project manager forwards the project team a report which includes a summary of the approved changes in the period. What document should be updated next?


A. Quality management plan
B. Project management plan
C. Cost management plan
D. Risk management plan

A multinational company with a cross-border project wants to implement new software that will impact several departments. The project manager needs to guarantee alignment of stakeholder expectations with the final product.
What should the project team develop?


A. Project statement of work (SOW)
B. Stakeholder engagement plan
C. Stakeholders engagement assessment matrix
D. Risk breakdown structure (RBS)

A project to implement a new business improvement is initiated by the sponsor. The project manager has concerns regarding high-level requirements
What should the project manager do?


A. Interview the stakeholders.
B. Organize focus groups.
C. Conduct brainstorming sessions.
D. Perform an assumption and constraint analysis.

A project team member begins working on a customer-requested task that is critical to project success. However, this task is not listed in the project plan
What should the project manager do?


A. Stop work on the new task, initiate the change control process, and inform the customer.
B. Discuss the issue with the team member and stop the work.
C. Update the scope baseline and complete the task.
D. Update the project plan with the change and ask the client to communicate any future changes.

A recently promoted project manager must facilitate the weekly status update meeting. What should the project manager do to ensure a productive meeting?


A. Carefully read the latest meeting minutes.
B. Avoid or smooth over any disagreements.
C. Limit attendance to the project team and stakeholders.
D. Circulate a defined agenda in advance.

A project manager is managing a new client. The project requires knowledge of upcoming technologies, but existing team members have no experience working with these technologies.
What should the project manager do to engage the team in work relating to these technologies?


A. Ask team members to individually learn the technologies.
B. Organize internal and external training for all team members on the technologies.
C. Hire a technical expert on the technologies.
D. Replace the existing resources with new ones that have knowledge of these technologies.

A project manager is conducting a project benefits analysis with key stakeholders of an IT project. An engineer from another department informs the project manager that there are systems impacted by the solution that have not yet been identified.
What should the project manager do?


A. Document this information in the risk register.
B. Review the project benefits analysis to consider the additional impact.
C. Note the engineer's issue in the issue log.
D. Work with the team to identify all stakeholders.

During a crisis, additional resources and time were required to resolve the issues. To avoid this situation, what should the project manager have addressed earlier?


A. Resource changes
B. Technology updates
C. Unmanaged risks
D. Management changes

A project manager realizes that an issue that occurred several weeks ago has negatively impacted the schedule. When the mitigation plan is initiated, it fails because the required resources are now unavailable.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?


A. Conducted stand-up meetings to communicate project status
B. Sent out status reports to stakeholders
C. Reviewed and updated the risk mitigation plan
D. Updated the resource management plan

The change control board (CCB) authorizes two corrective actions for implementation. The first action will cause a delay in delivering the regular stakeholder communication report. The second action will require more man hours on a severely delayed task on a
critical path.
What should the project manager do first?


A. Implement the first corrective action, since it was received first.
B. Hire an additional resource so that both corrective actions can be implemented simultaneously.
C. Implement the second corrective action, since it is on a critical path.
D. Ask the CCB for further clarification on its expectations.