Project Management Professional (PMP) — Question 1051

A team is assembled for a new project that will be using a predictive approach through requirements gathering and an agile approach for development and testing. Not everyone on the team has experience working in agile. The schedule has started slipping due to the unclear structure of the agile development approach.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Answer options

• A. Set up weekly status meetings to review team progress, prepared weekly status reports to track progress, and regularly escalated delays.
• B. Established daily standup meetings to track and report on team progress and escalated delays to stakeholders as they occurred.
• C. Met with the team, allowed team members to make decisions about what to do, and established performance goals.
• D. Conducted routine meetings and identified team members who are under performing.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because empowering team members to make decisions fosters ownership and clarity in an agile environment, which is crucial for its success. The other options, while focused on tracking progress and addressing issues, do not address the need for team autonomy and self-organization that is essential in agile methodologies.