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CIPS L5M8 Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Understand aspects of projects in organisations: This section of the exam measures the skills of Procurement Project Managers and covers the fundamental aspects that influence how projects operate within organisations. It explores the distinction between programmes and projects, stakeholder management, and how key measures such as cost, quality, and delivery impact project success. Candidates also study factors leading to project success or failure, work breakdown structures, and how project structures and resources align with supply chain relationships. It further includes understanding sub-contracting, consortiums, and project partnerships, as well as analysing project resources through scheduling, technology systems, and financial management. The section concludes with the project life cycle, from initiation and implementation to closure and review.
- Topic 2: Understand the concept of organisational change and how it can be achieved: This section of the exam measures skills of Change Management Specialists and covers the core concepts and types of organisational change, including evolutionary, adaptive, revolutionary, and reconstructive change. It examines how internal and external factors such as SWOT and PEST analyses, innovation, and management restructuring, drive transformation. Learners evaluate how organisations respond to change, including resistance, skepticism, and the need to maintain progress during turbulent environments. It also addresses methods for managing and sustaining change through communication, empowerment, incremental adjustments, and lean methodologies, while distinguishing between hard and soft change processes.
- Topic 3: Understand approaches to the planning and management of projects and change initiatives: This section of the exam measures the skills of Strategic Operations Managers and covers the planning and governance frameworks necessary for effective project and change management. It includes corporate governance structures such as project boards, reporting systems, and initiation documents. Learners examine common project objectives that balance cost, quality, and time while promoting sustainability and community impact. Additionally, this section delves into risk management approaches, including identification, simulation, and accountability within supply chains. It concludes with an analysis of planning methodologies such as sequencing, network analysis, PERT, CPM, and the use of Gantt charts to ensure efficient project execution and control.
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Dependencies are the relation between tasks and dictate the order in which tasks are approached. Claudia is running a tender under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and there is a 10-day standstill period before she can draft the contract. What type of dependency is this?
A mandatory dependency is legally or logically required --- in this case, the statutory 10-day ''standstill'' under public procurement law. Other types: external (outside factors), discretionary (team choice), internal (organisational processes).
Participative Evolution is a change model which requires which of the following in order to be effective?
Participative evolution entails incremental change with employee support. Effective application requires a consultative leadership style to involve and engage people so they back the change. Tight timescales or large budgets are not defining necessities.
Bob is the CEO of a fast-growing electronics company. Bob has a high risk appetite and this is reflected within the company culture. Which of the following would be the best approach to manage risk at this company?
The guide advises defining risk thresholds---acceptable limits of exposure---based on organisational appetite. This ensures balanced risk-taking without being reckless, maintaining strategic alignment.
Which of the following is a 'push' strategy for change?
Push strategies use authority or power to impose change (e.g., coercion, threats, mandates). Pull strategies rely on persuasion, involvement, and communication to encourage voluntary acceptance.
Claude is a manager at Sunnyside Ltd and wishes to run a small project in the procurement department. The project will initiate a small incremental change and will have a short timescale. Because of the size of the project Claude doesn't believe he will need to assign an Executive to the project. Is this correct?
The guide emphasises that an Executive role should still be assigned and engaged even on small/simple projects, maintaining communication with the Project Manager; they are jointly the most important roles.
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