Quiz Executing-Risk

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 manager is in the process of managing team resources and maximizing performance. Which of the following would have the least influence on the project team?

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?

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 have been given control of a medical research project that will have distinct teams completing work across two regions. You are nearly finished with calculating the approximate amount of physical and human resources the project will require in each region. Which Project Resource Management process will you complete next?

You are working for a private firm managing a technology project. The firm’s culture distinctly puts employees into two categories; management and staff. Project managers fall somewhere in the middle. Management considers you a staff member, while the project team believes you are part of management. As a result, team members are very reserved in your presence as they think you can impact their performance bonus. Which power does the project team think you have?

During the execution phase of Thane’s project, the engineering department has complained that the adjustments to the design that are planned through the project will put a burden on the design staff. The experienced engineers on the team have advised Thane to not let the complaints deter him from the originally defined plans because they have witnessed the engineering department make outlandish and unjustified complaints on the last seven projects. While this may be true, Thane decides to appease the engineering department and modifies the engineering drawings. The team feels that these changes may have long-term impacts and may result in higher warranty claims. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques did Thane utilize?

Which of the following is least challenging for virtual team members on a product design project?

Conflict on projects can have devastating impacts, if not managed properly. Which of the following statements about conflicts is incorrect?

Mid-way through the project, you discover the need to acquire resources in addition to what you had initially planned. In an effort to obtain the resources at the lowest possible cost, you find a department within the company that has the resources you require. After submitting a request for resources and negotiating with the functional manager that controls the resources, you are able to obtain agreement that he will provide the resources for a limited period. To ensure the agreement established is sufficient, you provide the manager with a finalized list of resources that will be provided and ask that he clarify the dates with which your team has access to the resources. Within which document will you store this information?