proj management weekly challenge 2

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?

not prioritization

As a project manager, one of your team members suddenly must leave your project to deal with a family emergency. To stay on schedule, you pull another team member off of a task that is not time-sensitive and assign him to the urgent task that your departing team member was working on. Which flexible planning strategy did you use to deal with this unexpected circumstance?

Planning for risks and challenges

You're a project manager on a team that is improving a product. How can you enable your teammates to make decisions?

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?

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.

Which of the following is necessary to be an effective project manager?

You must trust team members on the technical aspects of a project.

As a project manager on a product team, which of the following responsibilities are part of your role within the team? Select all that apply.

Ensure that issues and risks are tracked and visible. Hold all team members accountable for their assigned tasks. Collaborate with other teams at the organization.

As a project manager on a product team, which of the following activities would be the best way to ensure that issues and risks are tracked and visible? Select all that apply.

Establish "escalation paths."

After several years as a project manager, you've learned that project plans often face unexpected changes, even with careful upfront planning. When this happens, you are able to adjust while helping your team stay calm. Which core project manager skill set are you demonstrating with these behaviors?

Flexibility

As a project manager building a relationship with your customer, which of the following questions will help you focus on the customer? Select all that apply.

How is the problem impacting your organization? What is the problem you would like us to help solve?

What can a project manager do to recognize individuals' efforts on a team?

Learn what makes team members feel supported and provide positive feedback.

A key team member on the project you are managing decides to quit because they cannot come into the office every day. You offer to let them work from home three days a week, if they will stay on. Which interpersonal skill are you using?

Negotiation

As a project manager, you create plans, timelines, schedules, and other forms of documentation to track project completion. Which project management responsibility does this represent?

Planning and organizing

Suppose that as a project manager, you speak with stakeholders to determine which tasks the team should complete first. What project management value does this represent?

Prioritization

You're a project manager on a team that is improving a product. You employ a variety of helpful tools and templates, along with your familiarity of popular project management styles, to help you document the project throughout its lifecycle. Which core project manager skill set are you demonstrating with these behaviors?

Strong organizational skills

As a project manager building a relationship with your customer, which of the following questions will help you focus on the customer? Select all that apply.

What is your hope for the outcome of this project? What prompted you to ask for help at this time?

Yui is a project manager working for a clothing company developing a new line of winter sleepwear. Which of the following is necessary for Yui to manage this project effectively?

Yui must ensure team members understand their objectives and have what they need to be successful in their tasks.

Two of your team members cannot agree on who should have to work an extra shift, on the weekend, to complete a task that they share responsibility for. You call a meeting with them to determine if a solution can be agreed upon. Which interpersonal skill are you using?

conflict mediation

Suppose that as a project manager, you provide detailed plans and frequent project updates to both the team and stakeholders. What project management value does this represent?

effective communication

As a project manager, you direct the activities your team needs to accomplish within a set period of time. You also control the team's workload to ensure the activities are getting done on time. Which project management responsibility does this represent?

managing tasks

Suppose that unless a teammate receives additional resources, they are going to complete an activity past a deadline. You know that the stakeholders are reluctant to provide additional resources. Which interpersonal skill can you use to strike a middle ground between both the teammate's and stakeholders' needs?

maybe negotiation?

How can a project manager better communicate goals and clarify those goals for a cross-functional team?

not Learn what makes team members feel supported and provide positive feedback. not Ensure team members have the correct skill sets for each project task.

As a project manager impacting an organization, you want to build a great team. Which of the following would a project manager do to build a great team? Select all that apply.

Allow the team members to have input and ask questions. Understand the customer's requirements to better shape the skills needed for the team. Take the time to understand each team member's motivations, strengths, and weaknesses.

Why is it important for a project manager to build relationships with customers?

Because customers define the project requirements

As a project manager impacting an organization, you want to build a great team. Which of the following would a project manager do to build a great team? Select all that apply.

Bring on people with the right skills. Ensure the team knows that each individual is valued, trusted, and appreciated.

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.

As a project manager, you maintain an open door policy to build trust within your team and among stakeholders. In doing this, you are utilizing interpersonal skills to fulfill what responsibility?

Communicating status and concerns

As a project manager, you give your team members opportunities to work directly with stakeholders and their teams. In doing this, you are utilizing interpersonal skills to fulfill what responsibility

Communicating status and concerns?

When budgeting a project, what is the responsibility of a project manager?

Controlling costs to ensure more money isn't spent than what key stakeholders approved