If you are asked to bring in agile way of working into the way a meeting runs, which one among the listed options will you implement? (1 correct answer)

1. Meetings must be scheduled with a lead time so that the participants can plan their work better.

2. Meetings must be run strictly according to the agenda to reduce digressions.

3. Meetings must be facilitated and time-boxed.

4. Facilitator/Team Lead must facilitate discussions but he/she may close meetings as per preference.

The head restraint should be adjusted so that it reaches a.the top of your ears b.the base of your skull c.the top of the head

You are consulting for a beverage distributor who is interested in determining the benefits it could achieve from implementing new information systems. what will you advise as the first step?

3. ranga ramasesh is the operations manager for a firm that is trying to decide which one of four countries it should research for possible outsourcing providers. the first step is to select a country based on cultural risk factors, which are critical to eventual business success with the provider. ranga has reviewed outsourcing provider directories and found that the four countries in the table that follows have an ample number of providers from which they can choose. to aid in the country selection step, he has enlisted the aid of a cultural expert, john wang, who has provided ratings of the various criteria in the table. the resulting ratings are on a 1 to 10 scale, where 1 is a low risk and 10 is a high risk. john has also determined six criteria weightins: trust, with a weight of 0.3; quality, with 0.2; religious, with 0.1; individualism, with 0.2; time, with 0.1; and uncertainity, with 0.1. using the factor-rating method, which country should ranga select? why? (2 points)