Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World

As a project manager, you encounter a problem that will affect the project delivery date. You need to raise the issue to project stakeholders. How should you best communicate the problem to stakeholders?
- Email stakeholders outlining the problem in detail and ask how they would like to proceed.
- Add stakeholders to an ongoing email chain to provide them with context for the problem.
- Send stakeholders a link to the project plan with the problem highlighted.
- Provide stakeholders with a short summary and proposed solution to the problem.
As a project manager, you notice there is a shipment delay from a supplier during a project. If shipments are delayed too long, the final project date will be postponed. When synthesizing this to the stakeholders, what are things you should include? Select all that apply.
- A summary of the shipment problem and its impact on the project.
- An email with the project plan highlighting the missed shipment dates.
- An estimate of when the shipment will arrive.
- A proposed solution of finding a backup supplier.
OKRs are a tool used for what?
- Project management workflows
- A brief plan for the project
- A summary of the project
- Organization-wide goal setting
When escalating a problem to stakeholders, you reference that it might impact a company-wide OKR. Why would you make this reference?
- It makes it clear to the stakeholder that it is an important issue for them to address.
- It establishes that your project is the most important one in the company.
- It pushes the stakeholder to come up with their own solution.
- It distracts stakeholders from the actual problem.
As a project manager, what should you consider before writing an email to a stakeholder to communicate an issue? Select all that apply.
- What is most important to the project team
- How the project will affect you and the stakeholders
- What is most important to a stakeholder
- How the problem will affect the company as a whole
You are writing the closeout report for a project you are managing. You observe that your project plan called for an $80,000 budget, but actual costs totaled $87,500. You note how the majority of extra costs were due to unexpected increases in the price of materials. Which part of your closeout report is the best place to document this information?
- The lessons learned section
- The outcomes section
- The performance baseline section
- The project documentation archive
What is the purpose of the executive summary in an impact report?
- To show senior stakeholders that all the tasks were completed
- To give senior stakeholders a concise description of positive outcomes within the project
- To show senior stakeholders a performance overview of the project
- To allow senior stakeholders to give the team feedback on the project
Which of the following describes the audience of your project impact report?
- Senior stakeholders or project sponsors who were not involved in the day-to-day details of the project
- Future project managers or other readers interested in your project’s details
- Project team members and vendors who made essential contributions to the project’s final outcome
- Potential employers interested in your ability to synthesize and communicate information clearly

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