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A project stakeholder has left the company. The new stakeholder is a family member of one of the team members. This stakeholder does not attend meetings. The project manager finds out that the stakeholder has been asking the family member for project updates.

What should the project manager do?

A project manager is leading an agile team. The daily standups and iteration meetings are currently facilitated by the product owner. A team member contacts the project manager and mentions that they are looking to improve their facilitation skills.

How should the project manager respond to this request?

A project manager is leading a cross-departmental project that involves many stakeholders. During the project, the project manager observes that the stakeholders are diverse and have different expectations about how the project should be handled. This leads to frequent confusion and misunderstandings among the stakeholders.

What should the project manager do to integrate the diverse stakeholder groups?

During the design phase of a project the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1 8 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 0 1 In a weekly meeting with top management, the project manager reports concerns about these indicators However the most concerned person was the project sponsor who said that if the trend continues, they will be forced to prematurely close the project

What should the project manager do?

A consultancy firm is finally selected and contracted for a project following an extensive and competitive procurement process. A few months into project execution, the client asks the project manager why the consultant is contracted for only 18 months instead of the full 32-month-long project. The project manager will need to carry out an unplanned second bidding process to ensure services are in place until the end of the project.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this?