PMP Questions ID 2028 the management of a retail business unit has just assigned mario to compare multiple projects and

The management of a retail business unit has just assigned Mario to compare multiple projects and select the best project that will produce the most value for the unit. Although Mario has worked as a project manager for a long time, he has only a limited understanding of project selection methods. What should be the first course of action from Mario in this scenario?

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Inform the management about lack of knowledge on project selection methods

Obtain an expert's judgment to help select the project

Refuse to take the assignment

Select the best project with whatever knowledge he possesses

In an IT project, after several brainstorming sessions with customers, Kurt established various project deliverables. Two weeks later, while reviewing the plan, Kurt identifies two similar deliverables and decides to merge them into a single deliverable. What should Kurt do next?

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Merge the deliverables and inform the customer

Merge the deliverables but do not inform the customer

Merge the deliverables but do not update the project management plan

Submit the need to merge to the customer

You are using parametric estimating techniques to estimate costs for each activity and the total budget in your project. However, a project manager colleague tells you to bump up each estimate by 20 percent to account for any unknown risks, and then submit that as a total budget to the customers. What should you do?

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Do not inflate the estimate

Inform the customer and then inflate the estimate

Inflate the estimate first and inform the customer

Inflate the estimate but do not inform the customer

During a three-year construction project, due to a shortage of resources, a project manager has decided to develop a partial work breakdown structure (WBS) in the beginning of the planning phase. The WBS will be expanded as more information becomes known in the near term. What should the project manager do if a key resource criticizes his or her decision to develop the partial WBS?

Select one

Ignore the resource's comments

Remove the resource from the project

Redevelop the complete work breakdown structure for all three years

Explain to the resource about the Rolling Wave planning

You have started a project to establish a railroad between two neighboring cities. The state agency that sponsors this project is heavily committed to completing this project on time and within budget. In support of the agency's commitment, you have completed the charter and started identifying stakeholders who would support the project. You would like to gather as many stakeholders as possible and move on to the planning phase. What should a project manager do while identifying stakeholders in a project?

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Identify positive stakeholders and ask negative stakeholders to leave the project

Notify the negative stakeholders to talk to the sponsor

Identify positive stakeholders and eliminate negative stakeholders to gather maximum support for the project

Identify both the positive and negative stakeholders and address their concerns

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