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Submitted by cplusplus on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 13:05

A project manager is holding a meeting with stakeholders related to the status of a large project for constructing a new runway at a major airport. The runway project has a CPI of 1.2 and an SPI of 1.25, and the manager is going to have to deliver the message to the stakeholders that a crucial quality test has failed. What kind of communication does this meeting represent?


A.  Formal verbal
B.  Informal verbal
C.  Paralingual
D.  Non-verbal

 

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The first two efforts of the project manager in any project should be:


A.  To develop the project plan and to assemble a project team
B.  To investigate who the right people are that can steer the project and to be documented in the company as the project manager
C.  To collect the requirements from key people and to obtain clear authorization to lead the project
D.  To register with the project management office as the PM on this project and to have a face-to-face meeting with the project sponsor

 

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 Who are stakeholders?


A.  Sponsor, Customer, Project Manager
B.  Project Team and Project Steering Committee
C.  Project Team, Customer, General Public, Sponsor, and other Project Managers
D.  Customer and Sponsor

 

 

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You observed a peer PM marking up some Cartesian coordinates on a graph. When you asked what he was doing, he said that he was determining who to listen about his new project and who did not carry enough influence in the company to affect his project. Since you wanted to find out more about this technique, you researched what group of techniques?


A.  Analysis techniques of Rene Descartes
B.  Techniques in project communication requirements analysis
C.  How to create the communications management plan
D.  Techniques in how to analyze project stakeholders

 

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Thank you all.

 

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pkukilla

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 14:55

1) Informal Verbal -- Meetings and Conversations are considered as Informal Verbal

 2) To develop the project plan and to assemble a project team 

 3) Sponsor, Customer, Project Manager -- Stake holders are persons,departments ,customer or organisations that are actively involved in the project or whose interests may be negatively or postively impacted by the execution or outcome of project

4)Techniques in how to analyze project stakeholders  -- This is done in the tool stakeholder analysis where stake holders are priortized based on the impacts and support they could generate

vijjay

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 17:55

Hi pkukilla,

For 3rd answer i feel ans should be --> Project Team(including Project Managerof the project), Customer, General Public, Sponsor, and other Project Managers

 Here question is very open hence i feel, all are possible candidate to be stakeholders

 Please anyone correct/validate can me.

vijjay

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 17:56

Hi pkukilla,

For 3rd answer i feel ans should be --> Project Team(including Project Managerof the project), Customer, General Public, Sponsor, and other Project Managers

 Here question is very open hence i feel, all are possible candidate to be stakeholders

 Please anyone can correct/validate  me.

ChandraR

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 18:40

For 3rd question, I will go with 'A'.  Though the question is open, not every project has a bearing on general public or other program managers but every project's outcome affects its sponsor, its customer and its Program Manager.

 

Chandra

pkukilla

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 18:47

Vijay,

The option C also looks good but here we need to pick the best answer so A is the one i like to pick. The project manager, sponsor and client are always key stake holders. The key stake holders are the one who in management position or any one in decision making role.

cplusplus

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 02:28

Preetham, 

Question3 :Who are stakeholders?

C.  Project Team, Customer, General Public, Sponsor, and other Project Managers

Explanation:

This question is vague and all answers are technically correct. You can expect to see this type of question on the PMP exam as well. In this case, every answer lists stakeholders, but 'C' is the best answer because it is the most complete list. Stakeholders are anyone affected by your project, working on your project, or interested in your project.
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cplusplus

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 02:31

Question 2: Answer is B:

The first two efforts of the project manager in any project should be:

B. To investigate who the right people are that can steer the project and to be documented in the company as the project manager

 

Each of the possible answers has credible logic and importance to the project. Keep in mind the PMI process framework when thinking about the sequence of efforts in a project. The initiating processes are Develop Project Charter and Identify Stakeholders, which are described by the correct answer.

vijjay

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 15:59

Hi

After explaination from cplusplus and pkullika. for Q 3 i m worried. With which answer i should go? Both sounds correct.

but as per Cplusplus covering all posible list of stake holder is good obtion. only concern is here project tem is mentioned and project manager is not mentioned exclusively. otherwise i would have digested cplusplus explaination very easily.

ChandraR

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 17:29

Vijay:

Project Team includes Project Manager. So choice 'C' , if correct, includes all stake holders.  I am not convinced with that answer as it includes all other Project Managers & General Public - not necessarily Stake holders in each and every project e.g. if I take up a project to upgrade some software that has nothing to do with public or other program managers they can't be stake holders

cplusplus

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 11:04

Hello Chandra,

Who are stake holders?

Even me confused with other project managers.

General public can be stake holders if they are affected by the project.

But other project managers i am no convinced.

This question i posted is from andy crowes. & answer aswell.

I missed only just because of other project managers also listed as a choice.

Thank you all for contributing your opinions.

 

 

pradeepsodha

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 12:12

1.  No dispute it is informal verbal

2.  I will go with C "To collect the requirements from key people and to obtain clear authorization to lead the project". Collect requirement and develop project charter is part of initiating process group, which is first than any other things.

3.  All four answers can be correct but I will go with A. Customer and project sponsor are most important, most powerful and most influcing stakeholders. If general public not affected by project, it can not be stakeholder. Project team can be stakeholder but project steering committee are not among the most powerful stakeholders.

4.  It is D "Techniques in how to analyze project stakeholders"

Thanks

Pradeep