A project manager is managing the development of a dental wire bending machine. The machine is compatible with the three most popular dental wires in the market, which covers 90% of the market. The prototype is now under testing for certification. The manufacturer of one of the three wires announced they will be producing a different wire that will be incompatible with the machine. This will result in a 25% loss of market coverage from the initially predicted 90% coverage.
What should the project manager do?

A construction company is executing a building contract that includes firm milestones for replacing certain components of the building. During execution, the client complains that the new components do not meet the requirements.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

A project with multiple teams recently transitioned from a predictive approach to agile as requested by the product owner. Midway through implementation, a team member noticed there was no technical capability to support the current business requirement; therefore, the project will need to be reworked and the issue needs to be communicated to all stakeholders.
What should the agile project lead have done to avoid this situation?

A large matrix organization is adopting a new communications approach. This is necessary because their projects often require the resourcing of expert knowledge in the form of specialists from various departments and divisions.
What should the project manager do to set up effective communications?

An agile project manager has just been given a sizeable software development project to implement. Early in the initiation stage, the project sponsor requests an indication of time lines for delivery of the initial release.
What tools should the agile project manager use to do these estimates?