PMP Question #145: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

An agile project is running its third iteration with a duration of 2 weeks. A new operations director, who only has a predictive background, started working at the company. In the first meeting with the project manager, the director demands a weekly project status report. What should the project manager do?

Options

• AInvite the director to attend the daily standup meetings.
• BShare this with the team and ask them to develop reports for the director.
• CIntroduce the agile aspect to the director and agree on a solution.
• DExplain to the director that agile projects have live reports.

Explanation

The project manager should integrate the new director into the agile workflow by inviting them to daily standup meetings, which provide frequent and transparent status updates without creating additional overhead.

Common mistakes.

• B. Asking the agile team to develop traditional weekly reports for one stakeholder creates unnecessary overhead and deviates from agile practices of direct communication and visual progress tracking.
• C. While introducing agile aspects is important, simply agreeing on a solution without providing a concrete way for the director to get updates doesn't solve the immediate demand, and inviting them to standups is a practical step.
• D. Explaining that agile projects have live reports without providing access or demonstrating how to access them doesn't fulfill the director's need for status information and might come across as dismissive.

Concept tested. Agile stakeholder communication and transparency

Reference. https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/agile-practice-guide/daily-scrum

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