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Question 1

A project is delayed because of an unknown risk impacting the budget. The project manager requests the project management office review the recommendation for a budget increase.
What should the project manager have done to avoid going over budget?

A. Reviewed the risk with the sponsor and advised on funding sources.
B. Asked the project sponsor to provide additional budget for the project.
C. Reviewed the risk management plan and activated the contingency actions.
D. Allocated a management reserve budget during planning.

Question 2

A project team is working to plan a professional networking event. A RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed) matrix was developed and validated by all stakeholders. Two months before the event, enrollment is much lower than expected. It appears that the marketing team did not promote the event.
What should the project manager do next?

A. Email the marketing team the RACI matrix assignments and remind them of their commitments.
B. Meet with the event sponsor to discuss potentially cancelling or postponing the event.
C. Email the executive board to alert the organization to the risk of lost profit on this event and ask for advice.
D. Follow up with the marketing team to confirm they have received the event information and understand their tasks.

Question 3

A project manager works for a communications company. The manager of the mobile equipment department is concerned about the current project ' s activities.
According to the current project management plan, the department will need to purchase special equipment, but the cost was not planned. The project sponsor insists the project should move forward because customers will be impacted if the equipment is not available.
What should the project manager do?

A. Resolve the issue in favor of the department manager to continue the project.
B. Escalate the conflict to the project sponsor.
C. Estimate the cost of purchasing the equipment and submit a change request.
D. Use the contingency reserve to fund the equipment cost.

Question 4

Health Records Modernization at Hospital Case Study
A project manager led a health records modernization project at a hospital with a project budget of $US5 million and an 18-month timeline. The project involved multiple stakeholder groups including medical, administrative, and IT staff; board members; patients; insurance companies; external vendors; regulatory bodies; and union representatives.
Stakeholder management was complex and a major undertaking for the project manager, but it was critical to achieve a positive project outcome. When the project started, the project manager conducted stakeholder analysis, using the information to create both a power/interest and an influence/impact matrix. The analysis showed that while the hospital board members and regulatory bodies had high power but moderate interest, the medical staff (doctors and nurses) had both high influence and high impact on the project. Administrative staff showed high interest but lower power, while patients and insurance companies had moderate interest and varying levels of influence. Based on the analysis, the project manager created a stakeholder engagement strategy that documented expectations, communication preferences, and influence levels in a stakeholder register. The project manager also made a RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed) chart to show roles and responsibilities; and created communication channels and frequency for each stakeholder group, an issue escalation system, and a feedback system for continuous stakeholder input.
To execute the modernization process of health records, the project manager realized that medical staff members would need to change their daily workflows. To facilitate change management for these stakeholders, the project manager created a clinical advisory committee, appointed department-specific
"champions," created focus groups for requirements gathering, started a training program, and developed key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure satisfaction.
During project execution, several challenges emerged. The doctors expressed concerns about the system's impact on patient care, the nurses' union raised workload concerns, the IT department faced resource constraints, the insurance companies requested additional features, and the administrative staff worried about data security. The project manager responded to these challenges by increasing the frequency of stakeholder meetings, implementing a change management program, creating a beta system for stakeholder testing, developing contingency plans for various stakeholder scenarios, and establishing an issue resolution process.
Despite these mitigation efforts, the medical staff required additional training, leading to a change request for a 2-month extension and a 10% budget increase. The board of directors approved this to help ensure high adoption and satisfaction rates among staff members. The project helped establish new good practices in future programs for stakeholder management in the organization's project management office (PMO). The documented lessons learned became a reference for future projects of similar scope and complexity.
A project to modernize a hospital's records has a large and diverse stakeholder population. As stakeholders request changes, the project manager is aware that some will cause a negative impact to the project timeline and finances.
What should the project manager do?
(Refer to the Health Records Modernization at Hospital Case Study exhibit.)

A. Evaluate the impact, document the analysis, and present options to key decision-makers.
B. Escalate decisions to the project sponsor to ensure appropriate executive engagement.
C. Defer working on changes that could change the baseline or create additional risks.
D. Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to determine the impact of the changes.

Question 5

During the planning phase of a project, the local project team presents a task to the project manager. This task will require several months to complete, and the duration will affect the expected timeline.
What should the project manager do first?

A. Add more resources during the task execution phase to complete the project on time.
B. Communicate to stakeholders the updated schedule after considering how long each task will take.
C. Procure services to execute the task so the local project team can progress with other project activities.
D. Meet with the project team to assess the task and any possible improvement to reduce its duration.

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