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PMP · Question 54 · Task 15: Manage project issues
A project is facing a critical technical issue. The project manager organizes a 'Swarm' to solve it. What are the characteristics of this approach? (Select TWO)
A project is facing a critical technical issue. The project manager organizes a 'Swarm' to solve it. What are the characteristics of this approach? (Select TWO)
Answer options:
A.
Multiple team members work simultaneously on the single item.
B.
The issue is assigned to the most senior developer to solve alone.
C.
Work on other items continues in parallel.
D.
The focus is on flow and removing the bottleneck quickly.
E.
It requires a formal change request.
F.
It is only used in predictive projects.
How to approach this question
Identify the 'all hands on deck' characteristics.
Full Answer
A,D
Task 15. Swarming is a collaborative issue resolution technique where the team converges on a problem to resolve it ASAP.
Common mistakes
Thinking it's efficient to keep everyone else busy (Resource Efficiency) vs fixing the problem (Flow Efficiency).
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