A project manager presents the project charter to the steering committee. The steering committee is concerned about preassigned resource allocation because the stakeholder are unware of their participation in the project. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?
a) Obtained stakeholders' expectations
b) Defined roles and responsibilities for each stakeholder
c) Manage stakeholder engagement
d) Complete the stakeholder register Saving Changes...
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Anton OosthuizenSenior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self EmployedPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
This is probably one of those PMP 'most correct' questions but IMO all of the above. I assume that the charter has been approved already.
a) you need to make sure that you understand what the stakeholder expectations are if they are going to be expected to be involved. Without understanding this you cannot manage it.
b) they need to know what is expected from them and where they 'belong'
c) This speaks for itself
d) the stakeholder register helps you to keep track of the influence and power of stakeholders so that you understand how to communicate and manage them (and their expectations). Saving Changes...
Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
Not a fan of these types of questions.
Why would the PM want to avoid the steering committee's concern? Its a reasonable concern. The PM role is to aliviate the committee's concerns by explain how he proposes to engage the stakeholders and achieve appropriate resource allocation. If the intent of the meeting is to present the Charter as stated then the PM can indicate the challenges and proposed methodologies to achieve the charter mandate.
How much work is expected of the PM prior to presenting the Charter? Options a) through d) define what the PM would be expected to do next, not what he should have done prior to.
I suppose if the PM wrote the Charter he could have provided more detail but we are getting into the Project PLan. Saving Changes...
