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Question 11 – Managing Quality on a Chip Fabrication Project A functional manager raises concerns about the quality of deliverables being passed to their department. How should quality be managed on the project?
Question 12 – Conflict Between Vendor Teams A conflict arises between vendor teams over shift allocations, creating tension and affecting productivity on a government mega project. How should the project manager address this?
Question 13 – Cost and Risk at the Start of a Project An executive raises concerns about increasing staffing costs and identified risks early in a refinery expansion project. What should you tell them about how cost and risk behave over the project life cycle?
Question 14 – Which Development Approach Is This? A drug development project operates in a highly regulated environment with phase-gate approvals, strict change control and extensive upfront planning. Which development approach is being used?
Question 15 – Short Iterations and One Person Responsible for Scope A mobile application team works in short iterations, delivers features regularly and refines their approach based on feedback. One person is responsible for the approved scope and its value. Which development approach is being used?
Question 16 – Combining Two Approaches A new enterprise platform has a software component with constantly evolving requirements and a data center infrastructure built using upfront planning and formal change control. Which development approach should be used?
Question 17 – Stakeholders Unavailable and Success Criteria Unclear On a CRM upgrade project, many stakeholders are unavailable, others are disengaged and the success criteria is unclear. What are these examples of?
Question 18 – Business Case Approved, What Comes Next? The business case for a new patient record system has been approved and key stakeholders have been identified. Senior leadership wants to start immediately. What should you do next?
Question 19 – Rising Costs and Stakeholder Concerns About Value During planning for a retail expansion, material costs rise significantly and stakeholders question whether the project is still worthwhile. What should you review?
Question 20 – What Will Elijah Not Do? Elijah is documenting initial cost and duration estimates for a data center expansion based on uncertain factors such as utility availability and vendor timeline accuracy. What will he not do with these uncertain factors?
Pep Talk
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