Your current project has over 200 specs, 350 engineering drawings and 5500 parts. What tool do you use to apply technical and administrative direction to identify the functional and physical characteristics of items, and control changes to those characteristics?

A new project manager joins a project in progress. The project manager is unclear about what environmental factors may impact effective information reporting to key stakeholders.
What should the project manager reference to understand these impacts?

You are the project manager for a large children's toys manufacturer. You've been asked to manufacture the latest craze in "Dancing Widgets" for the upcoming Christmas season. You've been informed that the company needs at least one month lead time to distribute the Widgets in order to have the Widgets on retailers shelves for the Christmas season.
You've been asked to breakdown the costs associated with production.
Which of the following can be categorized as variable costs associated with the production?

A project sponsor approves a significant change to project scope that requires additional work and new deliverables from an external provider. What should the project manager do?

Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?