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As a project manager impacting an organization, you want to break down barriers to help your team succeed. Which of the following would a project manager do to break down barriers?

 

• Make sure you clearly understand customer expectations.
• Advocate for additional resources for your team.
• Communicate the impacts of each process within the project to the team.
• Understand each team member’s motivations, strengths, and weaknesses.

 

 

A project manager’s ability to guide teammates to complete their assigned work without acting as their direct managers is called _____.

 

• conflict mediation
• influencing without authority
• understanding motivations
• adjusting interpersonal dynamics

 

 

After several years as a project manager, you’ve learned that project plans often face unexpected changes, even with careful upfront planning. When this happens, you are able to adjust while helping your team stay calm. Which core project manager skill set are you demonstrating with these behaviors?

 

• Strong organizational skills
• Enabling decision-making
• Communicating and escalating
• Flexibility

 

 

How can a project manager better communicate goals and clarify those goals for a cross-functional team?

 

• Learn what makes team members feel supported and provide positive feedback.
• Be direct and concise, avoiding extraneous details and explanations.
• Ensure team members have the correct skill sets for each project task.
• Record meeting notes and document how much work the team has completed.

 

 

When budgeting a project, what is the responsibility of a project manager?

 

• Creating a schedule so team members know when their task should be complete
• Controlling costs to ensure more money isn’t spent than what key stakeholders approved
• Setting a period of time for a team member to complete an activity
• Using a productivity tool to share information across the team

 

 

To be an effective project manager, what important actions/steps should you take?

 

• Limit communication between team members so they can complete their work
• Gain mastery over every detail of a project at all times
• Ensure team members understand the team’s objectives and their individual tasks
• Confirm team members handle the documentation and organization necessary to finish the project