As a project manager, you are careful to recognize team members’ particular strengths and match them to tasks they are most capable of completing. What project management value does this represent?
Prioritization
Effective communication
Optimism
Delegation
As a project manager, you keep track of project activities so that you can demonstrate progress to your stakeholders. Which project management responsibility does this represent?
Removing unforeseen barriers
Managing the budget
Utilizing productivity tools
Managing tasks
As a project manager on a product team, your stakeholders ask you to help the marketing team come up with a strategy to attract customers. What project management responsibility does this represent?
Collaborate with other teams at the organization.
Ensure that issues and risks are tracked and visible.
Hold all team members accountable for their assigned tasks.
Help teammates adopt the right workflows and project management styles.
What is an example of measuring progress for a cross-functional team?
Asking team members if they anticipate being finished on time and, if not, how you can help them succeed.
Setting up effective tools so the team can easily work together.
Defining key items and encouraging team members to ask questions.
Learning what makes team members feel supported and giving positive feedback.
You’re a project manager on a team improving a product. How can you make sure the project stays on schedule?
Track daily product improvement tasks of team members in a spreadsheet.
Limit communication with stakeholders to avoid input until product launch.
Have a meeting with stakeholders to make them aware of product concerns.
Provide data and feedback about how customers interact with the product.
As a project manager, you learn that a teammate will be out sick for at least a week. They will be unable to complete their tasks, potentially causing the project to go past its deadline. Which work reallocation strategy can keep the project on schedule?
Have teammates work longer hours to get their tasks done and then do the out-sick teammate’s tasks
Get leadership to approve overtime so the teammate can catch up on work when they return.
Review the out-sick teammate’s tasks to determine which tasks have “float” and figure out where the order of tasks can be changed or resources can be juggled.
Distribute all of the out-sick teammate’s tasks evenly among team members
A project manager's ability to guide teammates to complete their assigned work without acting as their direct managers is called _____.
understanding motivations
influencing without authority
conflict mediation
adjusting interpersonal dynamics
As a project manager impacting an organization, you want to break down barriers to help your team succeed. Which of the following would a project manager do to break down barriers?
Advocate for additional resources for your team.
Make sure you clearly understand customer expectations.
Communicate the impacts of each process within the project to the team.
Identify the right team for a project.
Which of the following are examples of internal customers? Select all that apply.
Team members
Organizational departments
Management
Suppliers
As a project manager, how can you protect the team from changes to the project? Select all that apply.
Document initial expectations of the project.
Limit communication outside the team once the project begins.
Clearly identify any project changes.
Let the stakeholders know how changes impact the budget and schedule.
To be an effective project manager, what important actions/steps should you take?
Limit communication between team members so they can complete their work
Gain mastery over every detail of a project at all times
Confirm team members handle the documentation and organization necessary to finish the project
Ensure team members understand the team’s objectives and their individual tasks
