Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following questions about applying controls to the end of Development Timebox…

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Options

• AEncourage the Marketing Director to attend the End of Timebox Review.
• BAttend the next Daily Stand-up to raise an issue about the windows.
• CPrepare a summary of progress against plan, for presentation at the review.
• DAsk the Team Leader to remove the windows from the Timebox Plan for Timebox C.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  15% (5)
• C
  76% (25)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

Preparing a summary of progress against plan is the Project Manager's core responsibility at the End of Timebox Review - it provides the evidence base for the review, showing what was delivered versus what was planned and enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions about the project's direction.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - Encouraging stakeholder attendance may be useful generally, but it is not the specific action required at the End of Timebox Review; attendance should already be arranged beforehand.
• B - Raising issues at a Daily Stand-up is a team-level, operational activity; it is not the Project Manager's appropriate action at a formal Timebox Review, and this option conflates two different control events.
• D - Removing items from the Timebox Plan mid-review is a replanning action, not a review action; scope changes are negotiated through the proper prioritisation process, not unilaterally removed at the review.

Memory tip: Think of the End of Timebox Review as a "show and tell against the plan" - the Project Manager's job is to report, not to replan or recruit. If an option involves action rather than reporting, it likely belongs to a different meeting or role.

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