PMP Questions ID 1106 as an external vendor you are managing a complex software project on a time and materials t m

As an external vendor, you are managing a complex software project on a time-and-materials (T&M) contract. One of your team members reports a breakthrough in automating some of the testing activities. This may result in cost savings to the project and completion of the project one month ahead of schedule. Which of the following actions would you take?

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Communicate the current status to the customer and indicate the potential changes to cost and schedule.

Communicate the savings in cost and time to the customer. At the end of the project, notify your billing department that they need to prepare an invoice for 50 percent of the cost saved.

This is confidential information within your project team and there is no need to share with the customer. The savings will be additional profits on the project.

Communicate the current status and inform the customer you will incorporate some additional features to use up the savings in cost and time since it was budgeted.

A project team member finds that the color scheme of the webpage he is designing appears too gaudy and decides to change it to a melloweddown color scheme. The customer approved the original color scheme and the color palette. The independent testing team flags this as a defect, and a heated discussion ensues between the team member and the testing team. What is your view?

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The testing team is incorrect in flagging this as a defect. This is an example of expert judgment when historical expertise is brought into the project.

The testing team is correct. Even though the new color scheme is more pleasing than the old one, the appropriate change management process was not followed, and the work product is not as per design.

The testing team is not right in flagging this. The color scheme is a simple matter, and the new colors are definitely more pleasing than the old ones.

The testing team is correct in flagging this. The team member should have sent a note along with the work product indicating he or she made the color scheme change.

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A collection of unrelated programs can constitute a portfolio.

The scope of a portfolio is typically smaller than that of a program.

A program is a group of unrelated projects.

A program need not consist of projects.

A number of teams are developing an enterprise system using the agile approach for product development. Which of the following is a major risk item for such a complex project being performed in an agile environment?

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Number of interconnected dependencies between the features developed by different teams.

Number and size of teams developing the larger features.

Scope definition and freezing early during the planning phase.

Emphasis on schedule control over risk management.

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