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1. PMP EXAM
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2. Recently, you promoted your star programmer, Sam, to lead the agile development team. Sam
was a fantastic software coder, and you thought the promotion would mean that he could now
share his expertise with the other development team members. However, you are surprised to
learn that the performance of Sam in his new role is not meeting your expectations.
Which empirical rule did you forget while considering the promotion of Sam?
A. Expectancy theory
B. Halo effect
C. Pareto concept
D. Murphy's law
HINT: This management theory is also known as the 'Peter principle.
Question

3. The correct answer is B.
The halo effect (also known as the Peter principle) states, "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to
rise to his/her level of incompetence." Most project team members are motivated by an
opportunity to grow, accomplish, and apply their professional skills to meet new challenges. Their
achievements continuously promote them within an organization to a certain level until they are
unable to perform. Sam might have risen to his incompetency level, which is what you have likely
forgotten to consider while promoting him to lead the development team.
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4. The topic of this question is only briefly mentioned in the PMBOK® Guide. However, the Project
Management Professional (PMP)® Examination Content Outline (ECO) indicates that while there
are some commonalities between the PMBOK® Guide and the ECO, the exam is not bound by
the PMBOK® Guide. The list of enablers specified in the tasks of the ECO domains is not
exhaustive either. The ECO assumes that prospective PMP aspirants are familiar with other
sources of information/preparation, including but not limited to PMI Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct, PMI’s Practice Standards (e.g., Scheduling, Earned Value Management,
etc.); organizational behavior theories such as Tuckman’s Ladder, Theory X and Theory Y, Maslow's
hierarchy of needs; commonly frowned upon project management practices, such as gold
plating; and others. We intentionally have these questions in our simulator so that you would be
better prepared for the real exam. PMP aspirants are encouraged to explore additional sources of
information and/or to be familiar with them from their project management experience. The
PMBOK® Guide is provided as a reference to indicate that the scenario refers to the Develop
Team process.
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