PMP Questions ID 2593 some previously unidentified stakeholders report that they have not been kept informed regarding

Some previously unidentified stakeholders report that they have not been kept informed regarding the status of a critical project even though their functional areas are largely impacted. What should the project manager do first?

Select one

Review the project's communication methods.

Invite all stakeholders to the status meetings.

Examine and update the stakeholder register.

Identify new strategies to communicate project status.

Due to resource challenges, a technology vendor is late with a critical project deliverable. There is a 20 percent buffer in the budget for cost overruns. What should the project manager do next to mitigate this issue?

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Discuss the legal implications of this slippage with the vendor.

Assess alternative vendors that can support project deliverables regardless of resource constraints.

Replace the current vendor and ask the new vendor to send a contract.

Accept the cost overrun and update the project schedule.

Midway through a project, the project manager identifies new stakeholders whose influence levels are low. What should the project manager do?

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Concentrate on stakeholders who are high power/high influence.

Update the stakeholder register.

Introduce the stakeholders to the project team.

Refer to the communications management plan to determine how to communicate with the new stakeholders.

The project manager of a life cycle replacement project has identified stakeholders. One stakeholder is someone with whom it is difficult to work, and their behavior is causing project delays. What should the project manager do?

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Develop and implement a change management plan to add or remove stakeholders from the project.

Vary the format and increase the frequency of communications to the difficult stakeholder so that timely decisions may be made.

Ask the sponsor to select a stakeholder who is less difficult so that project delays can be avoided.

Review the stakeholder engagement plan to assess how difficult stakeholders should be engaged

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