Lesson 4: Lead the Project Team Flashcards
Which two of the following will the project manager need to ensure before effective training can take place? (Choose two.)
a. Training is successfully resourced and scheduled.
b. The final project sign-off has been received.
c. Reminders should be sent to confirm the trainees’ participation.
d. Billing for the training should have taken place
a. Training is successfully resourced and scheduled.
c. Reminders should be sent to confirm the trainees’ participation.
A project team does not feel confident that they can complete the work for the next set of deliverables for the project and would rather spend more time exploring deliverables expected many months down the line. What can a project manager do to get the team focused on the nearterm deliverables?
a. Change the scope of the scope of the deliverables.
b. Group the near-term deliverables into one deliverable.
c. Create a sense of urgency.
d. Make one person accountable for the deliverables.
c. Create a sense of urgency
Engaging with stakeholders is time intensive during a project. Which of the following statements should the project manager use to explain the need for a stakeholder engagement strategy to the project sponsor?
a. To effectively engage stakeholders in project decisions and execution based on the analysis of their needs, interests, and potential impact
b. To ensure the stakeholders are receiving the reports in the format they would like
c. To effectively place the right people in the correct role to support achieving the project objectives on time and within budget
d. To be able to document which stakeholder is unaware, neutral, leading, or supportive
a. To effectively engage stakeholders in project decisions and execution based on the analysis of their needs, interests, and potential impact
Which of the following statements best describes the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix?
a. It describes the level of involvement of each stakeholder.
b. It describes the past performance of each stakeholder.
c. It compares the current and desired levels of engagement of each stakeholder.
d. It compares the current and desired levels of engagement for the project team members.
c. It compares the current and desired levels of engagement of each stakeholder.
What does configuration management address?
a. Activities such as keeping track of all the changes the customer makes to the product plans
b. The way in which the product is configured for use to satisfy the end users and how that develops as it is being built
c. Documentation of the management of configuring the product for use and how changes to the product will be incorporated into the overall project plan.
d. Activities such as how version control of project documents and changes to the product will be initiated, analyzed, and traced
d. Activities such as how version control of project documents and changes to the product will be initiated, analyzed, and traced
Which of the following is concerned with revisions to project documents?
a. Version control
b. Configuration management
c. Both version control and configuration management
d. Document control
c. Both version control and configuration management
Your project team holds weekly status meetings. Should the notes from last week’s meeting be considered a project artifact?
a. This decision is up to the project manager.
b. Yes, if significant project issues were discussed.
c. Yes, even if the meeting resulted in only routine topics.
d. No, meeting notes are not artifacts.
b. Yes, if significant project issues were discussed.
A problem occurs during the project execution. It is not a big problem,but it does bother some of the stakeholders. The project manager requests that it be added to the issue log. What would be the reason for this?
a. The issue log serves as a place to document problems that occur and to track their resolution.
b. The issue log will be reviewed by the risk team at its next meeting to develop a contingency plan.
c. The issue log will be submitted to the change control board for a change approval.
d. The issue log serves as a place to document the unidentified risks.
a. The issue log serves as a place to document problems that occur and to track their resolution
Which of the following statements about issues is correct?
a. Stakeholders use the issue log to manage an issue.
b. An issue should be assigned to one person to resolve.
c. Risks always become issues.
d. Only issues that are behind schedule need to be discussed during project status meetings.
b. An issue should be assigned to one person to resolve.
When does a risk become an issue?
a. The project manager judges the risk to be significant enough that it is stipulated to be an issue.
b. The risk has a high probability of happening in the immediate future.
c. The risk has occurred.
d. The risk owner escalates the risk to an issue
c. The risk has occurred.
How do you describe an effective change control system?
a. An effective change control system includes the forms, tracking methods, processes, and approval levels required for authorizing or rejecting requested changes.
b. An effective change control system includes the documented procedures for authorizing or rejecting requested changes in a project.
c. An effective change control system specifies how the project scope will be controlled, changed, and approved.
d. An effective change control system integrates all the changes for a project.
a. An effective change control system includes the forms, tracking methods, processes, and approval levels required for authorizing or rejecting requested changes.
A project manager is working with the project team as they perform the work to create the project deliverables. Some adjustments need to be made to the project plan and the baselines. What is needed for the project manager to allow such changes?
a. Change requests
b. Input from stakeholders that their needs have adjusted from what was originally planned
c. Approved change requests
d. The sponsor determines a different way to accomplish the work
c. Approved change requests
What is true of lessons learned during the project?
a. Should be documented only in the closeout report
b. Should consist of only project data
c. Should be documented throughout the project
d. Should consist of only things that went well during project
execution
c. Should be documented throughout the project
A team member asks where to find a set of building codes. Which type of knowledge is this?
a. Implicit
b. Explicit
c. Tacit
d. General
b. Explicit
Who can request changes?
a. Team members and project managers
b. Sponsor
c. Stakeholders
d. Customer
c. Stakeholders
