A project manager has just completed a stakeholder engagement meeting where many points for discussion were deferred. The project manager must provide a response to the stakeholders at next months meeting.
What should the project manager do next?


A. Update the risk register and prioritize the deferred points from the stakeholder engagement meeting.
B. Revise the budget and schedule estimates to include the deferred points requested by the stakeholders.
C. Submit a change request for the deferred points to update the stakeholder engagement plan.
D. Document the deferred points in the issue log and assign them to responsible project team members.

Due to organizational changes, a key stakeholder is replaced by a new employee. The next status review meeting to update project progress will not take place until next month.
What should the project manager do next?


A. Schedule a separate meeting with the new stakeholder to brief them on project status.
B. Prepare and send a project status report to the new stakeholder for review.
C. Seek advice from the project sponsor on how to obtain support from the new stakeholder.
D. Wait for the next communication window to share information with the new stakeholder.

A project manager creates an intranet project repository available to all stakeholders. The expectation is that all updated documents will be shared via this repository.
What type of communication does this describe?

A. Broadcast
B. Network
C. Interactive
D. Pull

A project sponsor approves a significant change to project scope that requires additional work and new deliverables from an external provider.
What should the project manager do?


A. Initiate a change request.
B. Conduct a performance review
C. Review work performance data.
D. Employ the contract change control system.

A product development manager, who is unsure of an initial prototypes requirements, is upset to learn that it must be completed in two months.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?


A. Obtained the required resource from the procurement manager
B. Ensured that the right resources were assigned to the project
C. Included the product development manager in the communications management plan
D. Obtained stakeholder agreement on the projects schedule and deliverables

A key stakeholder is concerned about a critical risk that may cause the project to run over budget. The project manager wants to share the mitigation plan with the stakeholder.
What should the project manager do first?


A. Check the organizational chart to determine the stakeholders department.
B. Review the risk register to identify the mitigation plan.
C. Identify which deliverable in the work breakdown structure (WBS) will be affected by the risk.
D. Consult the communications management plan to identify how to inform the stakeholder.

A project manager in a weak matrix organization notices that a resource is behind schedule on a project task. The project manager discovers that this resource was assigned to two other projects by the line manager.
What should the project manager do?


A. Ask for a replacement.
B. Request that the resource be released from the other projects.

C. Schedule a meeting to prioritize the projects.
D. Ask the resource to work overtime.

A project manager conducts weekly, face-to-face meetings with a local project team to obtain status updates and inform the team of changes. Midway through the project, a virtual development team is added to handle some additional scope.
Before updating the communications management plan, what should the project manager do?


A. Schedule a separate weekly call with the virtual development team.
B. Email the weekly meeting minutes to the virtual development team.
C. Add a daily teleconference to the schedule.
D. Update the stakeholder register.

A company is developing a new drug. Regulatory feedback indicates that a budget increase of 20 percent for additional work is required before the project can move to the next phase.
What should the project manager do?


A. Initiate a change request.
B. Update the risk management plan.
C. Check the current outsourcing contracts.
D. Communicate the situation to the sponsor.

A project manager joins an ongoing project for which the clients project manager supported a competitor for the contracts award. The clients project manager is a key stakeholder during delivery.
What should the project manager do to manage this situation?


A. Identify another stakeholder for support.
B. Update the stakeholder engagement plan by highlighting this stakeholders potential hostility.
C. Include this stakeholder in all important decisions to emphasize that the objective is to deliver value.
D. Ask management to assign a more senior project manager to the project.