QuestionQ6
Managing the TeamAssume that you are managing a project's system-test execution phase.
The system-test execution period is scheduled for eighteen weeks, with the release date planned for the end of system testing. During the sixth week of system-test execution, the project manager tells you at the staff meeting that the project deadlines have changed and that the release date is now only three weeks away.
This new release date will not permit completion of the system tests. Also assume that you have used a risk-driven test approach for this project.
Which of the following statements describes the worst way to lead your test team during the next three weeks?
- A Neglect your management activities and work side-by-side with your test team executing tests
- B Considering the executed tests, you should reduce the test coverage back on the risk analysis and adjust downward the priority of the associated risk items
- C Convince all the people of your test team that each of them is an important and needed member, and that their contribution is fundamental to the success of the team
- D Favor and encourage a proactive attitude where people ask for new tasks as soon as they finish their current tasks
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