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Module 4 Challenge :Foundations of Project Management (Google Project Management Professional Certificate) Answers 2025

1. Question 1 – How organizational structure determines your PM role (Select all)

✅ Organizational structure determines where you fit in
❌ Organizational structure determines how frequently to communicate
✅ Organizational structure determines your career growth
✅ Organizational structure determines who you should communicate with

Explanation:
Org structure defines hierarchy, reporting lines, communication channels, and opportunities—not communication frequency.


2. Question 2 – PMO function involving criteria, selection & business cases

❌ Common project culture
❌ Budget allocation
❌ Resource management
✅ Strategic planning and governance

Explanation:
Strategic planning & governance includes project selection and alignment with business goals.


3. Question 3 – How does org structure impact project management?

❌ PM authority + success of change management
❌ Success of change management + resource availability
❌ Project success rate + team ability to improve
✅ PM authority + availability of resources

Explanation:
Org structure determines authority levels and how resources are assigned.


4. Question 4 – Defining part of organizational culture

❌ Company’s schedule and plans
✅ Company’s mission
❌ Company’s location
❌ Company’s revenue

Explanation:
Organizational culture is built on shared values and mission.


5. Question 5 – Questions to learn about organizational culture (Select all)

✅ How do employees prefer to communicate?
❌ What benefits do employees receive?
✅ Which style of project management does the company use?
❌ How much revenue did the organization earn last year?

Explanation:
Culture relates to communication, workflows, and PM style—benefits and revenue are not culture indicators.


6. Question 6 – Getting the organization to adopt a new dashboard is

❌ Project management
✅ Change management
❌ Change adoptance
❌ Project governance

Explanation:
Change management helps teams adopt new tools, processes, and behaviors.


7. Question 7 – Encouraging project adoption & managing change (Select all)

✅ Create a sense of ownership and urgency
❌ Encourage supervisors to force adoption
✅ Communicate clearly and transparently
❌ Avoid advocates

Explanation:
Positive ownership, transparency, and champions support change; forcing adoption and removing advocates harms success.


8. Question 8 – Questions to understand organizational processes (Select all)

✅ How do employees measure the impact of their work?
❌ How many new projects expected this year?
❌ How might the role expand and progress?
✅ How are new employees onboarded?

Explanation:
Process questions relate to workflows, performance measurement, and onboarding structures.


9. Question 9 – Being proactive in change management

❌ Explain how you produced the deliverable
❌ Present a detailed project plan
✅ Plan demos & Q&A sessions to introduce deliverables
❌ Acknowledge milestones

Explanation:
Proactive change management involves early engagement, demos, and preparing stakeholders for adoption.


10. Question 10 – Council that approves strategic decisions

✅ Steering committee
❌ Stakeholder
❌ CEO
❌ Office of legal affairs

Explanation:
A steering committee guides high-level decision-making across projects.


🧾 Summary Table

Q No. Correct Answer(s) Key Concept
1 Fit in org, career growth, who to communicate with Role shaped by structure
2 Strategic planning & governance PMO project selection
3 PM authority + resource availability Org structure impact
4 Mission Core of culture
5 Communication style, PM style Identify org culture
6 Change management Adoption of new processes
7 Ownership, transparency Effective change mgmt
8 Measuring impact, onboarding Understanding processes
9 Demos & Q&A Proactive change mgmt
10 Steering committee Strategic decision council