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The Project Manager has created the staffing plan and will be starting the project soon. Resumes are being reviewed, and interviewing will be starting soon for external candidates. The lead candidate for the senior programming position has been offered a position. What process is the Project Manager involved in?

(a) Hiring and interviewing
(b) Developing the Project Team
(c) Resource requirements
(d) Acquire Project Team

Hierarchy of Needs

A pyramid representation of Maslow's theory that a person's motivation is based on needs (and where the person fits in this pyramid)

The project is in the process of determining the accuracy of the work of the product. The project team members are utilizing a progressive elaboration approach. They discover that the process to measure the output is not going to produce the results needed. What process will fix the problem?

(a) Perform Quality Assurance
(b) Perform Quality Control
(c) Quality Planning (Correct)
(d) Quality Management

Explanation: The Quality Planning process would fix the problem. Quality Assurance and Quality Control are involved in this situation, but the solution comes in Quality Planning. Quality management is noise.

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Question of the Day

The Project Manager has created the staffing plan and will be starting the project soon. Resumes are being reviewed, and interviewing will be starting soon for external candidates. The lead candidate for the senior programming position has been offered a position. What process is the Project Manager involved in? (a) Hiring and interviewing (b) Developing the Project Team (c) Resource requirements (d) Acquire Project Team

Terminology of the Day

Hierarchy of Needs A pyramid representation of Maslow's theory that a person's motivation is based on needs (and where the person fits in this pyramid)

Answer and Explanation to Yesterday's Question

The project is in the process of determining the accuracy of the work of the product. The project team members are utilizing a progressive elaboration approach. They discover that the process to measure the output is not going to produce the results needed. What process will fix the problem? (a) Perform Quality Assurance (b) Perform Quality Control (c) Quality Planning (Correct) (d) Quality Management Explanation: The Quality Planning process would fix the problem. Quality Assurance and Quality Control are involved in this situation, but the solution comes in Quality Planning. Quality management is noise. For more questions, terminology and other exercises please see the PMP® Exam Success Series: Certification Exam Manual at www.c rosswind pm.com