The lowest level of the WBS is referred to as which of the following?

When developing a team, a project manager might need to negotiate with which of the following roles? (Select three.)

Functional managers

Other project managers

Vendors

Project managers are continuously using interpersonal and team skills to perform their daily work. Among these skills, project managers often must use negotiation techniques to build the project team and acquire the skills and capabilities needed. Negotiation often occurs with functional managers, other project managers, and vendors/suppliers that are external to the organization.

What is likely leading these issues?

Ground rules have not been established.

Ground rules refer to the expectations established by the team of acceptable behaviors they are to exhibit. Ground rules are typically captured as part of the team charter. They become an important tool to use when managing stakeholder engagement.

You work as a lead project manager for a company that develops and produces healthcare devices. Your team has recently started to adopt Agile practices after receiving the directive from the division president. Which power type is exerted in this scenario?

Legitimate

Legitimate power, also referred to as formal power, comes about as a result of someone’s position or formal title. In this case, the division president’s directive carries a heavy influence due to her position.

What type of organizational framework does Kristin work within?

Strong matrix

Within a strong matrix organization, project managers have moderate to high authority, report into a functional manager, and directly manage the project budget; they are full-time project managers with a job title that reflects the role.

Contract phases are closely associated to the Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area processes. All of the following are correct except for which one?

The requisition stage, where responses to procurement documents are reviewed, is related to the Conduct Procurements process.

The requisition stage is where the procurement documents are prepared (not the responses to them) and is associated with the Plan Procurement Management process. The two outputs that become inputs are procurement documentation and source selection criteria.

Select the adaptive approaches should you use to manage this project?

Dynamic Systems Development Method

This Agile methodology is grounded in governance framework that combines the iterative and incremental approaches. At the onset of the project, DDSM establishes the cost of the project, the quality standards, and the timeframe to completion and, as such, is constraint-driven.

A project manager looking to improve their emotional intelligence should concentrate on what? (Select two.)

Inbound competencies

Outbound competencies

Inbound competencies refer to self-management and self-awareness, while outbound competencies refer to relationship management.

People, interaction, community, communication, skills, and talents are all core values of what family of methodologies?

Crystal Methods

Crystal methods refers to a family of methodologies designed to scale to the project needs. It is multifaceted, with each face representing a core value. The core values of Crystal are people, interaction, community, communication, skills, and talents.

You are working in the Perform Integrated Change Control process. One of the activities you are involved in is documenting and storing the configuration management information needed to effectively manage product information and data associated with changes. Which of the following does this describe?

Configuration status accounting

Configuration status accounting is an activity that is associated with the configuration management system. This activity documents and stores the status of changes and the information needed to effectively manage product information.

All of the following are advantages of virtual teams except for which one?

Costs are dispersed across regions.

Virtual teams often reduce project or organizational costs; while costs may be dispersed across regions, this is highly scenario-dependent and not always applicable or the case. All other options are valid benefits of using virtual teams.

Using the following three-point estimates, estimate the expected value using the triangular distribution formula: Optimistic = 25, Pessimistic = 50, Most Likely = 35.

37

Expected value can be calculated using a triangular distribution (simple average) or beta distribution (weighted average). The three-point estimating formula that uses a triangular distribution is as follows: (Optimistic + Pessimistic + Most Likely) ÷ 3. Plug in the values provided to calculate the following: ($25 + $50 + $35) ÷ 3 = $36.7, or 37 when rounded to the nearest whole number.

You are using the data representation tool and technique of the Manage Quality process with one of the product deliverables to organize potential causes of defects into groups. Which tool and technique does this reflect?

Affinity diagrams

This question describes the affinity diagram, which is a data representation tool and technique. Affinity diagrams pinpoint which areas should get the most focus by grouping related potential causes of defects.

You recently participated in an organization as a project manager. Your first project assignment engaged a project that has been active for six months. The prior project manager retired from the company after a 20-year tenure. During your first week on the job, you discover that team members are experiencing a multitude of conflicts with one another. In leaning on your experience, you know that conflicts typically come about as a result of what? (Select three.)

Resource availability

Personal work habits

Scheduling issues

When managing project teams, many conflicts come about as a result of scheduling issues, availability of resources, or personal work habits.

The aim of this process is concerned with satisfying the needs of the stakeholders, operating communications with them, addressing issues, managing their expectations, and more, and this process also associates to this area of the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

Manage Stakeholder Engagement and the Role Delineation Study

The Role Delineation Study covered in the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct covers four areas, including promoting interaction among team members and other stakeholders. This question describes the purpose of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process.