APM APM-PMQ - APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Exam
You are tasked with writing a business case for a new internal software project within your organization. You are considering how your organizational practices and norms would affect the project, thinking through the roles, governance structure, life cycle choice, etc.
What is the most appropriate analysis technique that you would use to compare organizational practices and norms?
You are in the design phase of a project to deliver offices on a newly acquired plot of land. You have now completed extra surveys and discovered that the ground conditions are a lot softer than expected, meaning the design and delivery will be far more complex and costly. You did not account for this in your risk register.
Which of the following statements about the project business case is true?
Which of the following statements does not describe the importance of linking projects to an organisation's objectives?
You are managing a large UK-based team to design and build a multi-billion dollar railway in the Middle East. You have completed a stakeholder analysis and identified a diverse range of stakeholders, each with differing levels of power and interest in the project.
Describe the engagement approach you would take with both of these stakeholder groups and why you would take that approach.
Identify one of the five steps of a benefits management plan and state one action you would take to apply it to ensure the successful realization of project benefits.
A construction company is planning to build a new office complex. The project manager is considering integrating sustainability principles and priorities into the project management process.
How can integrating sustainability principles and priorities into the management of this project positively impact its long-term success?
By fostering innovation and creativity, leading to more resilient solutions that adapt to changing environmental and social conditions in the construction of the office complex.
By requiring additional planning and coordination to integrate sustainability measures seamlessly into existing project timelines and workflows, potentially leading to short-term disruptions in scheduling.
By enhancing stakeholder trust and reputation, which can attract investors and clients committed to sustainable practices in the development of the office complex.
By restricting resource consumption and waste generation during the construction process, to guarantee cost savings and improved resource efficiency in this phase of the project.
By improving worker safety through sustainable construction practices.
By reducing upfront costs but increasing long-term maintenance expenses due to sustainable building materials.
You are leading a large-scale information technology project to migrate your company’s data to the latest hardware. The delivery is being led by third-party suppliers, who were not involved in the design phase. The supplier has completed their capacity planning and has raised a potential risk that the current data may exceed the storage capacity of the new hardware purchased.
What type of risk response would you choose to mitigate this risk?
You are managing a project to develop and deploy a new finance management software system for a client. The project has been deployed and is now in the post-deployment support phase. This phase requires ongoing technical support and maintenance after the software is deployed. The workload can vary significantly over time, is likely to evolve over time, and quick response times are essential.
Question: Based on the features of different contractual relationships and methods of supplier reimbursement, state the most appropriate contract type for the post-deployment phase. (1 mark)
Question: Explain four reasons why this would be the most suitable. (4 marks)
Which of the following are not typical responses to risks?
Complete root cause analysis to understand why the situation has occurred.
Reduce the probability of the threat occurring or the impact on the project.
Change objectives or practices to change the cause of the threat so it can no longer occur.
There are no acceptable or viable approaches to take to avoid or reduce, so the threat and any residual risk must be managed.
Prepare a risk management plan to document the risk and give it to your sponsor.
Pass the responsibility for bearing the impact of the threat from one party to another.
Select the correct options from the drop-down lists: (2 marks)
