PMP Questions ID 2647 your project has kicked off and you are beginning a series of overview sessions with key users t

Your project has kicked off, and you are beginning a series of overview sessions with key users to determine requirements for a new enterprise resource software implementation. One of your stakeholders is exceptionally contentious and throws obstacles up at every turn. One of the problems she has described does seem to be legitimate. There is an issue with the data from the legacy system that needs to be resolved before moving forward. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this situation?

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You should use a two-step process involving problem definition and decision-making.

You should approach this by defining the problem and focusing on separating causes and symptoms.

Your decision-making has a timing element.

Your decision-making involves asking questions to determine whether the issues are internal or external to the project.

Carina is a principal project manager of You’ve Got Dogs, a specialty company that creates custom dog apparel and toys. Three months into the project, she kicks off the second phase of a project that is developing high-tech dog bones. As part of her practice, she sits down with her sponsor to determine whether there are any new players that they missed in the first phase, and they hold a discussion on the direction of influence of these new stakeholders. What activity is Carina carrying out?

A project manager is new to a company and has not led a project with international team members. What should the project manager do to develop cultural sensitivity?

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Decline the project, citing the difficulty of working with culturally diverse people as the reason.

Recognize that culture is learned, seek to understand local customs, and maintain flexibility when working with team members.

Meet with the human resource department to obtain formal training in this area.

Learn every detail of each team member's culture to be sensitive to their needs.

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Ask the senior manager to provide a replacement.

Inform the team and reassign that resource's responsibilities to other team members.

Explain to the senior manager that this resource is fully committed to the project and is unavailable.

Escalate the issue to the program manager for resolution.

During a demo and review meeting, the progress report shows that an agile project is not on track. The project manager is surprised, because all work was purposely selected and sequenced to meet higher-level objectives. What should the project manager have done to prevent this miscommunication?

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Trained and mentored the team on using the agile approach

Encouraged the team to self organize and provide buy-in to the project

Engaged the team to record the agile progress reporting system

Created a contingency reserve

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