PMP Questions ID 2649 you are a project manager working on contract the organization thats contracted with your compa

You are a project manager working on contract. The organization that’s contracted with your company is not happy with the progress of the project to date. They claim that an important deliverable was overlooked and that you should halt the project and reassess how to meet this deliverable. You know that the customer has approved all phases of the project to date. Which of the following statements is true?

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You and your company might have to use negotiation techniques such as arbitration and mediation to reach an agreement.

You and your company might have to use communication techniques such as arbitration and mediation to reach an agreement.

You and your company might have to use influencing techniques such as arbitration and mediation to reach an agreement.

You and your company might have to use problem-solving techniques such as arbitration and mediation to reach an agreement.

Nancy is a senior systems engineer who loves to work with people and can typically grasp the big picture. Because of her functional knowledge, organized nature, and ease in getting others to follow her lead, her manager decides to move her into a project manager role. Despite all of her strengths, Nancy struggles greatly with her first project. The first major milestone was missed, and the project was already over budget by $20,000. What part of the PMI Talent Triangle™ is Nancy missing?

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

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

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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