Scenario: You are the newly assigned project manager in charge of a major software migration, which will require the updating of more that 7000 laptops across the employees in five states. Due to unique circumstances regarding this particular migration, a technician will need to visit each machine,...
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Scenario: You are the newly assigned project manager in charge of a major software
migration, which will require the updating of more that 7000 laptops across the
employees in five states. Due to unique circumstances regarding this particular
migration, a technician will need to visit each machine, configure settings, download and
install updates, and run a series of validation exercises to confirm a successful
migrations. One of the first things you will need to do is identify team members.
Brainstorm the key skills that you will want in the members of this team. - Answer Key
skills might include familiarity with the software to be migrated, experience migrating
software solutions, customer service skills, the ability to create and execute a playbook
to carry out a consistent process, the ability to maintain records and document actions,
and troubleshooting skills.
Scenario: You are the newly assigned project manager in charge of a major software
migration, which will require the updating of more that 7000 laptops across the
employees in five states. Due to unique circumstances regarding this particular
migration, a technician will need to visit each machine, configure settings, download and
install updates, and run a series of validation exercises to confirm a successful
migrations. One of the first things you will need to do is identify team members. You will
want to be able to validate that a proposed team member has the key skills you are
looking for. What types of techniques might you be able to use to assess whether the
team member would be a good fit? - Answer Pre-assessment tools might include
attitudinal surveys, specific assessments, structured interviews, ability tests, and focus
groups.
Scenario: You are the newly assigned project manager in charge of a major software
migration, which will require the updating of more that 7000 laptops across the
employees in five states. Due to unique circumstances regarding this particular
migration, a technician will need to visit each machine, configure settings, download and
install updates, and run a series of validation exercises to confirm a successful
migrations. One of the first things you will need to do is identify team members. You will
want to be able to validate that a proposed team member has the key skills you are
looking for. You wish to establish a resource schedule for the project. What types of
information should you include? - Answer Information might include how resources will
be identified and acquired; the roles and responsibilities; the needed competencies;
organization charts; training strategies and requirements; team development method to
be used; and resource controls for the management of physical resources to support
the team. Also, project team resource management, including the guidance on the
lifecycle of the team resources-how they are defined, staffed, managed, and eventually
released. And, finally a recognition plan detailing how team members are rewarded and
recognized.
Scenario: You are forming the team for migration project, and you want to help the team
begin working through establishing its norms and defining how they will work together to
, accomplish the project objectives. You organize and initial team meeting. The team
decides it should produce a team charter, but is unsure of exactly what it should cover.
What are some the key areas that good team charter should include? - Answer The
team should identify at least some of the following key items: shared values, guidelines
for communication, use of collaboration tools, decision making approach, conflict
management, when the team meets, shared hours, how the team improves.
Scenario: You are forming the team for migration project, and you want to help the team
begin working through establishing its norms and defining how they will work together to
accomplish the project objectives. You organize and initial team meeting. The team
realizes that it will regularly require interaction with other stakeholders who are not part
of the team. What are some of the key considerations for interaction with them? -
Answer Identify the stakeholders
Identify their interest in the project
Determine the appropriate communications method; Determine the appropriate
communication frequency; Determine who on the team will engage with the stakeholder
Determine how feedback from the stakeholder will be managed and aligned
Creative effective visibility for stakeholders into project progress
Scenario: You are forming the team for migration project, and you want to help the team
begin working through establishing its norms and defining how they will work together to
accomplish the project objectives. You organize and initial team meeting. Many of the
team members have had poor previous experiences working in project teams due to
lack of trust, politics, and lack of healthy team culture. How can you as the project
manager create a healthy environment for your teams to perform successfully? -
Answer Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Talk through how the team will work together
Decide how they will use collaboration tools
Decide how they will work through conflict
Scenario: You have been asked to help negotiate terms and conditions for creating a
website for a client. While they have outlined a few of the basic needs of the project,
they have yet to formalize any of the core deliverables. What are main sections of a
deliverables agreement? What are the key components you would expect to see in
each section? - Answer The core guidelines for analyzing the bounds of a project
agreement.
Scenario: You have been asked to help negotiate terms and conditions for creating a
website for a client. While they have outlined a few of the basic needs of the project,
they have yet to formalize any of the core deliverables. The client has a long list of
requirements, and you wish to help them prioritize their needs to help identify a
Minimum Viable Product and to provide a basis for organizing the work in a backlog.
What are some of the techniques you could use to help them? - Answer Kano Model,
Moscow (MSCW) Analysis, Paired Comparison, or 100-Point Method.
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