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Question #: 547
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The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30%. Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources.
What strategy should the project manager use in order to keep delivering value in a restricted environment?

  • A. Reduce the project staff and adjust the scope and timelines accordingly in support of the budget reduction
  • B. Balance the project team in order to accommodate the budget challenges, and provide training to mitigate the risk of low performance
  • C. Prioritize the product backlog looking for high business value and low effort, and adjust the project budget and staffing to account for those items
  • D. Restrict the project scope only to basic critical features and run the project with the current staffing level until all of the budget is consumed
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

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Nag403
8 months, 3 weeks ago
C is the best answer
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victory108
1 year, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: C
C. Prioritize the product backlog looking for high business value and low effort, and adjust the project budget and staffing to account for those items
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Hung1
1 year, 5 months ago
C is answer. The question does not mention that PM is person who prioritize backlog. It only says that what strategy should be used.
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Graceadel
1 year, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: C
this is what he has to direct the project sponsor to focus....he is the one directing things remember
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PaulPMP
1 year, 7 months ago
I think the right answer would be the project manager should work together with the product owner to prioritize the product backlog. The project manager don't have authority to prioritize. So only B is left the right answer.
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Ragaa
1 year, 9 months ago
Fully agreed with the Answer Given.
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modsjunk
1 year, 10 months ago
Selected Answer: B
i would choose B to increase the productivity of team members
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mjs
1 year, 11 months ago
but prioritize the backlog not PM responsibility it product owner responsibility
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