A company is developing a new customer relationship management (CRM) system. The sales team has conflicting opinions on features, and the executive sponsor insists on seeing a working prototype within 60 days. The IT department, however, has a history of failed projects due to unclear requirements and wants a detailed specification before any coding begins. The project manager must choose an approach that satisfies both the sponsor's deadline and the IT department's concern. Which approach best balances these constraints?

Agile with a business analyst writing a complete specification before the first sprint

Agile with a product owner to prioritize features and a prototype delivered in the first sprint

Waterfall with a formal change control board to manage feature conflicts

Waterfall with a six-week requirements phase followed by a prototype

A startup is building a minimum viable product (MVP) with a team of five developers and one designer. The CEO wants to be deeply involved in prioritizing features but has no time to attend daily meetings. Which Agile role should be assigned to the CEO, and how should the team handle the CEO's limited availability?

Scrum master, with the CEO facilitating the daily stand-up remotely

Product owner, with the team sending a prioritized backlog for the CEO to review asynchronously

Project manager, with the CEO approving the project plan

Development team member, with the CEO writing user stories

A marketing agency is developing a website for a client who wants to see the design evolve and provide feedback after each major section is built. The client cannot commit to a final design until they see it in a browser. The project has a flexible timeline but a strict budget cap. Which methodology and communication cadence should the agency choose?

Agile with sprint reviews after each section is completed

Agile with daily stand-ups but no client demos until the end

Waterfall with a single design phase and final delivery

Waterfall with weekly status reports and a change control board

An Agile team is struggling because the product owner is also the sales director and frequently misses sprint reviews due to client meetings. The development team completes features but discovers at the end of the sprint that the priorities have changed. The scrum master needs to improve the flow of requirements without adding overhead. Which action should the scrum master take?

Cancel sprint reviews until the product owner is available

Move to a Waterfall approach with a formal requirements document

Ask the product owner to delegate a proxy who can attend sprint reviews and make prioritization decisions

Have the development team self-prioritize the backlog at the start of each sprint

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11foundation · easy
In a Waterfall project, which communication method is typically used to formally report progress against the project plan at regular intervals?
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12expert · hard
A company is developing a new customer relationship management (CRM) system. The sales team has conflicting opinions on features, and the executive sponsor insists on seeing a working prototype within 60 days. The IT department, however, has a history of failed projects due to unclear requirements and wants a detailed specification before any coding begins. The project manager must choose an approach that satisfies both the sponsor's deadline and the IT department's concern. Which approach best balances these constraints?
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13application · medium
A startup is building a minimum viable product (MVP) with a team of five developers and one designer. The CEO wants to be deeply involved in prioritizing features but has no time to attend daily meetings. Which Agile role should be assigned to the CEO, and how should the team handle the CEO's limited availability?
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14application · medium
A marketing agency is developing a website for a client who wants to see the design evolve and provide feedback after each major section is built. The client cannot commit to a final design until they see it in a browser. The project has a flexible timeline but a strict budget cap. Which methodology and communication cadence should the agency choose?
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15expert · hard
An Agile team is struggling because the product owner is also the sales director and frequently misses sprint reviews due to client meetings. The development team completes features but discovers at the end of the sprint that the priorities have changed. The scrum master needs to improve the flow of requirements without adding overhead. Which action should the scrum master take?
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