QUESTION: 85

A project manager is working in a company that has several global offices. During resource planning for a new project, the project manager realizes that the company requires projects to include team members from different continents.
What should the project manager do to ensure a successful project execution?

Plan for a meeting with the project sponsor to discuss the possibility of utilizing only local colleagues.
Send emails with information about the project deliverables on the first day of the project.
Connect with every location and check their preferred methods of communication.
Invite all resources to the project manager's location to form a cohesive team until all deliverables are completed.

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 86

A business stakeholder for a project is reluctant to accept an agile approach due to a previous bad experience, and is pushing for a predictive approach.
What strategy should the project manager use to persuade the stakeholder to use an agile approach?

Agree on a predictive approach, but apply agile concepts under the project management umbrella.
Ensure the stakeholder that an agile approach will deliver all of the expected results in a shorter period of time.
Document the request and escalate to upper management to consider a modification of the project charter.
Propose a phased project approach with multiple small interactions and build trust with the stakeholder through frequent value delivery.

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 87

A project engineer in country A is complaining about the sample received from the supplier in country B because the sample is not the correct length. During a telephone conference, the supplier checked the drawings and insisted that the measurement was accurate.
What should the project manager do next?

Hire a company in country B to perform a quality check before shipment
Evaluate the procurement contract to determine the agreed-upon specifications
Escalate the issue to the purchasing department for review
Add an additional task to cut the received part according to the specifications

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 88

A project manager has team members around the world in many different time zones. Project work frequently stalls because people in one office need to wait until another office is awake to have questions answered.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Ensured that the project would be the highest priority for all team members
Planned and scheduled tasks and work packages to overcome geographical and time zone challenges
Learned more about how each team member prefers to communicate before assigning project work
Used communication tools, such as video conferencing, so different offices could communicate

Answer(s): B

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