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221.

A multidisciplinary project with numerous interested stakeholders is kicking off. A newly identified stakeholder is negatively impacting planning activities. What should the project manager use to manage each stakeholder's influence on the project?

Select one

Stakeholder engagement plan

Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

Stakeholder register

Stakeholder analysis

222.

A project manager joins a project as a replacement on a project team. During initial meetings, the project manager realizes there are many differing opinions about how to address technical decisions. Team members do not respect each other's ideas, and the environment is becoming counterproductive. In what phase of development is the team?

Select one

Norming

Forming

Performing

Storming

223.

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?

Select one

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.

224.

Due to cross-cultural differences, stakeholders of a multinational project fail to approve the project management plan. To mitigate this issue, what should the project manager have done?

Select one

Updated the stakeholder register and paid attention to non-verbal cues

Trained the team on a common communication language

Reviewed/updated the issue log to reflect that the project management plan may not receive approval

Requested earlier feedback from the stakeholders

225.

A project manager is aware of two critical, high-impact risks that must be addressed immediately. However, the necessary resources to address the risks are already committed to another project with critical deliverables. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Assume the risks, and control them often to reduce potential impact.

Hire external resources to handle these tasks.

Establish a contingency reserve to solve the potential schedule delay and mitigate the possible impact.

Review the resources' availability with the functional manager, and negotiate rescheduling or task crashing.

226.

During a project's execution phase, two stakeholders complain that they receive insufficient information on the project's status. The stakeholders have been included in the regular status meetings, and status reports are being shared with them. What should the project manager do next?

Select one

Create a communications management plan.

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

Follow the stakeholder engagement plan.

Conduct one-on-one meetings with these stakeholders.

227.

Without a project manager's knowledge, an unofficial communications platform on social media was established to ensure effective communication among team members. The project manager learns that the platform is being used inappropriately. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Direct the project team to discontinue use of the platform, and then review the communications management plan.

Terminate the platform, as it is not part of the communications management plan.

Assign an administrator to monitor communications on this platform.

Discipline all individuals involved, and report the issue to the compliance office.

228.

During a project's execution phase, the project manager needs to quickly assign resources to build the team and meet project requirements on time. What should the project manager do next?

Select one

Conduct a series of workshops.

Create library services.

Conduct a webinar

Train the new team.

229.

A team for an international project is composed of individuals from different backgrounds, ages, and interests. As soon as the project starts, it becomes clear that they are struggling to work together. How can the project manager facilitate better teamwork?

Select one

Ask the human resource department to educate and train the team on diversity.

Hold an official team meeting to discuss the importance of teamwork.

Allow the team to develop on its own, and then address issues at the next performance appraisal meeting.

Meet with the team to explain ground rules, shared vision, and values, and to better understand team members' priorities.

230.

A project manager is informally told that a possible union action will involve their project team. At this stage of the project, any delays will significantly impact the schedule and budget. The probability of this union action was assumed to be minimal and was, therefore, unanticipated. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Meet with the chairman of the union to try and resolve the conflict.

Notify the project team of possible disciplinary actions should they choose to take part in this, and offer a reward for those who do not.

Obtain more information on the probability of this union action, and then act based on any factual information received.

Update the risk register with the new risk, and notify relevant stakeholders.

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