When building a team, a project manager may need to negotiate with which of the following roles?

Sue is leading the transformation of her PMO from a directive PMO to an Agile PMO. What characteristics is Sue likely to highlight when describing the Agile PMO to the company’s leadership team?

You have just been hired into a new organization. You are working on an RFP and have discovered that the qualified sellers list for this organization includes a company owned by someone who attended college with you. You have performed a make-or-buy analysis and decided it is best to procure the product needed for this project. You are helping the procurement group prepare for the upcoming bidder conference and are determining the criteria to use to evaluate proposals. You schedule a meeting with your manager and the procurement officer to explain your association with one of the vendors. Since you haven’t seen your college friend in many years, you are certain this won’t be a problem. What area of the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct does this question refer to, and which process are you conducting?

You have selected a predictive approach to manage your project and will use the project management plan as the project baseline. You plan to continuously collect performance data and implement approved corrective actions as soon as necessary. Which of the following process groups does this activity relate to?

You are a lead project manager for a company that develops and manufactures healthcare devices. Your team has recently begun to adopt Agile practices after receiving the directive from the division president. While the team has complied, you know from experience that hybrid is the best path forward. You request and are granted a meeting with the division president, where you present your case advocating for a hybrid approach. At the close of the meeting, she agrees to your recommendation, crediting your experience and background. What power type is at play in this scenario?

Manfrit and Frank are two project managers who have supported one another throughout their careers. Lately, Frank has sought Manfrit’s advice on getting his team to adopt eXtreme Programming practices. While wrapping up their latest lunch session, Frank asks Manfrit how he can create an open, encouraging environment in which team members can contribute. What advice can Manfrit give Frank to achieve this outcome?

Why is assessing risk probability in the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process difficult?

You are a project manager working within a division that recently experienced a reorganization. Your new manager will now step in as the sponsor of your existing project. She asks for a briefing on the timeline of outcomes yielded by the project that will provide value to the department. What is she describing?

When working in the Conduct Procurements process, you might consider asking the vendor to supply you with an ink sample for a project on which you’re working. The ink must have special qualities (they were outlined in the RFQ), and before making a selection, you want to test the ink in the printers that will be used at project deployment. All of the following statements are true except for which one?

Which of the following scheduling methods does Kanban use?