4.4 Module 4 Challenge

Fill in the blank: Stakeholders ___ when contributing to a project.

A. connect with customers

B. implement solutions

C. invest time and resources

D. present data insights

C. invest time and resources

You are invited to a meeting. You review the agenda and notice that your data analysis project is one of the topics that will be discussed. What strategies should you use to prepare? Select all that apply.

A. Distribute a revised agenda that includes more details about your project.

B. Think about what project updates you should share

C. Plan to arrive on time

D. Bring materials for taking notes

B. Think about what project updates you should share

C. Plan to arrive on time

D. Bring materials for taking notes

A data team prepares to share insights with stakeholders. To ensure they communicate clearly, they follow best practices. Together, they consider four questions, including: Who is our audience? Identify the remaining three questions they should ask. Select all that apply.

A. How can I communicate effectively to my audience?

B. What does my audience need to know?

C. Why are stakeholders important?

D. What does my audience already know?

A. How can I communicate effectively to my audience?

B. What does my audience need to know?

D. What does my audience already know?

Recently, you have been feeling overworked. You often stay late to finish tasks and have started missing deadlines. Your supervisor gives you another project to complete, and this causes even more stress. How should you handle this situation?

A. Respond letting the supervisor know their expectations are unreasonable.

B. Walk into the supervisor's office and politely tell them to give the project to someone else.

C. Accept the new project right away and work harder to hopefully not miss another deadline.

D. Wait a few minutes to think it over, then request a meeting to discuss the new project and your general workload.

D. Wait a few minutes to think it over, then request a meeting to discuss the new project and your general workload.

You join an online meeting on time. After reviewing the agenda, you note that your project will be discussed at the very end. You are extremely busy and can use this time to stay on top of other projects. How should you proceed?

A. Politely let the presenter know you're going to leave the meeting and rejoin toward the end.

B. Mute yourself and turn off the camera, then continue working on other tasks until your project is mentioned.

C. Stay focused and attentive during the entire meeting. Even though some items on the agenda don't affect your projects, you could still learn something or have something to contribute.

D. Tell the participants that you are having technical trouble, then leave the meeting to continue working on other tasks.

C. Stay focused and attentive during the entire meeting. Even though some items on the agenda don't affect your projects, you could still learn something or have something to contribute.

A data analyst at a real estate firm investigates a surge in new home buyers. During the analysis, which team is most likely to offer helpful insight about the desires of these home buyers?

A. Data science

B. Project management

C. Customer-facing

D. Executive

C. Customer-facing

Your manager assigns you a project task, and you don't understand the point of the project. What questions can you ask them to determine the objective? Select all that apply.
A. What is their end goal?
B. What do you have to do for this task?
C. What is the story they want to tell?
D. What is the big picture?

A. What is their end goal?
C. What is the story they want to tell?
D. What is the big picture?

A data analytics team works on a project to measure the success of their company's new financial strategy. Who is most likely to be the primary stakeholder?

A. Analytics director

B. Vice president of finance

C. Project manager

D. Data analyst

B. Vice president of finance