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Satisfying the customer using continuous delivery

Using motivated individuals to deliver business value

Simplicity

Customer collaboration

612.

During the opening rounds of contract negotiation, the other party uses a fait accompli tactic. Which of the following statements is true about fait accompli tactics?

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One party claims the issue was documented and accepted in the issue log but they're willing to reopen it for discussion.

One party claims the issue under discussion has already been decided and can't be changed.

One party claims to accept the offer of the other party, provided a contract change request is submitted describing the offer in detail.

One party agrees to accept the offer of the other party but secretly knows they will bring the issue back up at a later time.

613.

You have been asked to submit a proposal for a project that has been put out for bid. Prior to submitting the proposal, your company must register so that its firm is on the qualified sellers list. Which of the following statements are true?

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The qualified sellers list is a list of prospective sellers who have been preapproved or prequalified to provide goods or services to the organization.

The qualified sellers list provides information about the project and the company that wrote the RFP and is an output of the Conduct Procurements process.

The qualified sellers list provides information about the project and the company that wrote the RFP and is a tool and technique of the Conduct Procurements process.

The qualified sellers list is useful on an agile project because the team has vendors that are preapproved and work orders can be issued quickly.

614.

You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You're working with a major retailer that offers its products online. The company is interested in knowing customer characteristics, the amounts of first-time orders, and similar information. As a potential bidder for this project, you worked on the RFP response and submitted the proposal. When the selection committee received the RFP responses from all the vendors bidding on this project, they used a weighted system in combination with a seller rating system to make a selection. Which of the following are true?

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The procurement officers for both seller and buyer determine how extensive the complexity of the contract negotiations might be.

Weighted systems are a proposal evaluation technique in the Conduct Procurements process.

Procurement officers typically handle the contract negotiations but project managers should participate in the negotiations. Procurement negotiations require sound negotiating skills. Both parties will discuss elements such as price, roles and responsibilities, and the overall approach to the project.

Seller rating systems may be used as a sole evaluation technique when evaluating and selecting vendors.

Procurement negotiations can be performed as a stand-alone process with its own inputs and outputs.

615.

You are holding end-of-phase meetings with your team members and key stakeholders to learn what has hindered and helped the project team's performance of the work. Which of the following options are true regarding this question?

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These meetings are called lessons learned meetings. Lessons learned documentation is part of the organizational process assets output of the Manage Communications process. These meetings are also a good team-building activity.

The information learned from these meetings concerns processes and activities that have already occurred, so it will be most useful to document the lessons learned and use it for future projects.

These meetings should be documented and could include the effectiveness of the project management processes, product development, technical processes, and the effectiveness of agile project management techniques.

These meetings are similar to review meetings that occur at the end of an iteration on an agile project.

616.

You know that the next status meeting will require some discussion and a decision for a problem that has surfaced on the project. You need to ensure that the impediment on the project is resolved at this meeting. To make the most accurate decision, you know that the number of participants in the meeting should be limited to how many?

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1 to 5

5 to 11

7 to 16

10 to 18

617.

You have accumulated project information throughout the project and regularly post it to the project site. You just received some important information that you need to ensure the stakeholders receive as soon as possible. Which of the following are true regarding this question?

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Keeping stakeholders informed with up-to-date project information will help keep them engaged.

Engaged and informed stakeholders increase the chances of a successful project.

You will use distribution tools to ensure the project information and artifacts are accessible by all stakeholders.

Good communication skills foster an open and trusting environment.

All are correct

618.

You have been hired as a contract project manager for Grapevine Vineyards. Grapevine wants you to design an Internet wine club for its customers. Customers must register before being allowed to order wine over the Internet so that legal age can be established. You know that the module to verify registration must be written and tested using data from Grapevine's existing database. This new module cannot be tested until the data from the existing system is loaded. You are going to hire a vendor to perform the programming and testing tasks for this module to help speed up the project schedule. You decide to use an IFB and include a detailed SOW. This is an example of which of the following?

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Source selection criteria

Seller proposals

Advertising

Procurement documentation

619.

Your project team will consist of members from inside the organization and consultants. When the vendor presented their project proposal, they specified specific team members who would be assigned to your project. You also worked with the functional managers in your organization to ensure that resources from within the organization would be available once the project kicked off. Which of the following statements are true regarding this question?

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This is known as preassignment, and it happens when you are working on the Acquire Resources process.

Team members promised as part of the project proposal should be noted in the project charter.

This is part of the project team assignments activity, and you should also include team member names in the project organization charts, RAM charts, and other planning documents.

Preassignment pertains to human resources promised as part of the project proposal, not physical resources.

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People are motivated only by money, power, or position.

People will perform their best if they're given proper motivation and expectations.

People are motivated to achieve a high level of competency.

People are motivated by the expectation of good outcomes.

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