Alyssa is a project manager tasked with managing an infrastructure project that will consolidate five data centers into one. She has used a waterfall approach to carry out initial planning activities and is executing the work using an Agile-based approach. Recently, the sponsor has asked Alyssa to provide a forecasted date of project completion. To date, the team has managed to complete an average of 60 story points per iteration, and there are 420 remaining user story points left to complete. How many iterations will it take to complete the project work?

The stakeholder approaches the project manager to report that the schedule must be adjusted to finish one week earlier than originally planned. If a predictive approach is used to manage the project, what would be the preferred approach for the project manager to take in order to make this happen?

Your organization is experiencing a shake-up at the top levels of management. Your project team has expressed concerns that their project might be canceled because of the changes going on at the top. Thankfully, the new management team has decided to continue with the project. Before the shake-up happened, you were in the Monitoring and Controlling process group, and your next step was to check for correct work results to make certain they comply with the standards set out in the quality management plan. One of the results you’ve inspected measures 70 miles per hour. The quality management plan outlined standards between 65 and 75 miles per hour. Which of the following does this describe?

Which of the following present project information in a hierarchical fashion, similar to a work breakdown structure?