Quiz Executing-Resource

Elizabeth has been known to be diligent and technically sound in her work. She excels in working with numbers, templates, charts, graphs, and computing systems. However, the three projects that she has been tasked with leading have failed to deliver on the return on investment, have missed schedule deadlines, and the team has had twice the employee turnover than experienced on other projects. Which of the following most likely best describes the reason behind this contrast in performance?

A project is facing problems with the way work is being performed by its members. A recent incident report showed that two members of the team completed activities in which they were not authorized or scheduled to complete. The work they completed failed in later testing and caused a safety incident. In addition to evaluating the safety processes on the project which of the following best describes the activity that you should complete?

A project being performed across different geographical locations, has begun facing problems with coordination among the locations. As the project manager, Nancy has decided to colocate key team members for the remaining weeks of the project. Which of the following best describes why she has done so?

A new project manager has been unable to maintain order and discipline in the weekly team meetings. On multiple occasions, team members have arrived late, left early, and missed meetings without notice. When in the meetings it has become common-place for team members to take mobile phone calls and texts. What can the project manager do to improve the situation?

You’ve been asked to lead a project that is experiencing frequent change requests. Although legitimate, the project manager notices requests occur every week. The change control board is unable to evaluate and decide on the change requests at the same speed with which they are submitted. Delays in processing change requests cause larger delays in the project’s schedule as the project team is unable to complete project work while waiting. Which of the following could probably be the best solution for this problem?

You are managing a project that is near closing. The project team first went through the ________ stage and quickly moved into the __________ stage, then passed through the _________ stage to reach the __________ stage and stayed there. Now, since the project is closing, the team will go through the _________ stage.

Another project manager comes to you and asks for your opinion about a discipline problem she is having on her project. One of her team members is continuously being late to work and this is affecting the project’s progress. Your advice is to talk to the person in private and find out what is wrong. What type of power are you leveraging in your conversation?

You have been assigned to a project because the previous project manager left the company. You have found that the team morale is relatively low and team members seem reserved and unwilling to share their opinions due to a fear of retribution. As a result, the team has been unable to identify and react to issues that have had negative schedule impacts. What action could you take in an effort to turn around team morale and help create a more proactive team environment?

Your close friend, who is a project manager of a software development project that has the whole team collocated in one office, is having problems identifying a technique to use for team building. Which of the following will you recommend?

In an effort to set up agile teams in the organization and in your project, senior management requests you initiate a self-organizing team. In order to fulfill the request, which of the following actions is best to take first?