QUESTION: 725

A project requires the procurement of a large amount of equipment that needs to be on-site before any other activity can begin. The procurement department has a lengthy approval process.
What should the project manager do?

Contact the vendor that supplied similar equipment for a previous project.
Use the existing equipment and replace it later with the new equipment.
Ask the project sponsor to expedite the vendor selection process.
Work with the procurement team to find alternative options.

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 726

An organization that embraced agile a couple of years ago is looking for a more efficient way to ensure that the increments produced in each sprint meet the end users' quality requirements.
What should the project lead recommend?

Develop a more comprehensive template for the definition of done (DoD).
Establish a quality assurance (QA) team separate from the development team.
Organize more frequent sprint reviews with a broader audience.
Increase the percentage allocated for testing each backlog item.

Answer(s): A

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QUESTION: 727

A project manager has just been appointed to a project that has two major deliverables. Both deliverables have the same level of priority and are to be delivered at the same time. The members of the team are complaining about the lack of information regarding which deliverable needs to be finished first.
What should the project manager do?

Meet with the project sponsor and key stakeholders to assess each deliverable's value to the organization and set execution priorities.
Ask key stakeholders to cancel the project due to the difficulty of executing both deliverables at the same time.
Ask the team to start working on the easiest deliverable first so they gain experience to execute the second deliverable.
Require that the project team execute both deliverables at the same time, since this was requested and approved in the project charter.

Answer(s): A

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QUESTION: 728

During the execution of a project, an experienced team member informs the project manager that they cannot take part in all of the scheduled project activities due to a conflicting operational schedule.
What should the project manager do?

Encourage the team member to prioritize scheduled project activities.
Replace the team member with another available resource on the team.
Discuss the situation with the team member's functional manager to see if the schedule can be adjusted.
Check with the project management office (PMO) on the available resources to complete the activities.

Answer(s): C

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