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A key stakeholder is asking why the initial plan is only detailed out for the first month, while the next three months are only loosely defined and the final three months are just a list. You explain that this technique is what?

Rolling wave planning

Decomposition

Analytical techniques

PDM

You are a project manager working for a pharmaceutical firm and the project you have undertaken is very critical for the client's business. Your development team is diligent and performs the tasks with a high degree of quality. You generate periodic performance reports and share it with upper management and they are happy with the progress of the project. Due to a business constraint, the client calls you in and explains that the project needs to go 'Live' a full two months earlier than it was originally scheduled to in order to help them remain competitive in the market. As a project manager, which of the following is the BEST thing to do to complete the project according to the new schedule?

Meet with the development team and explore options of schedule compression on the critical path

Report the conversation you had with the client to your supervisor

Inform upper management that the activities of the project are on critical path and the project cannot be finished faster

Inform the client that the initial agreed date of project delivery cannot be changed

The printing project is running two days behind schedule and in order to catch up, the team has agreed that editing the document can start a day earlier than planned. This is adjusting which of the following?

Lag time

Crashing

Compressing the schedule

Fast tracking

The construction project is not going well and the project manager has reevaluated the current schedule. She realizes that with the current plan, the building will be very behind on the schedule. Her best approach to resolving the issue is to do what?

Develop a list of options and to present to management and recommend the best one.

Call for a stakeholders meeting and let them know of the problem.

Hire additional labor and work overtime.

Cut the product scope by eliminating the upgrades.

The project manager is reviewing the project management plan, the work performance data, and the project schedule. She is getting ready to do which of the following?

Schedule control

Plan the project schedule.

Create the WBS

Work the project plan

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