HEMAM RANJIT KUMAR SINGHFounder & Director| TechSure Global Consultancy LLPGuwahati, Assam, India
M/s Sanjeevani International Pvt. Ltd. is an MNC presently engaged for a new Petro –Chemical Project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Due to the diversification of business in many countries the Company is facing tremendous manpower shortage at this moment. This might affect the project schedule for this new project. Company higher management has decided to siphon off the required skilled human resources from a manpower supplier agency, M/s Brilliant Manpower in India, on Contractual basis. The tools and technique BEST described here for the Acquire Project Team process is:
A. Negotiation
B. Acquisition
C. Pre-assignment
D. Virtual Teams
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Hannes KropfProject Manager| ITERGO GmbHHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Option A) might be correct, since the buying of manpower includes some negotiation, but it is wrong, because negotiation is just one part among others, when buing manpower.
Option C) is wrong because a pre-assignment has to be done before the shortage of manpower happened.
Option D) might be correct, because the manpower that was bought can work as as a virtual team, but is wrong, because in a petro-chemical projekt it is very unlikely to work virtual.
Option B) describes the technique best and is correct. The manpower was acquired.
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HEMAM RANJIT KUMAR SINGHFounder & Director| TechSure Global Consultancy LLPGuwahati, Assam, India
Thank you friends.
The Correct answer is Option # B. Acquisition
Justification:
Reference to Page # 270 Para 9.2.2.3 PMBOK Guide 5th Edition , which states that :
Acquisition: "When the performing organization is unable to provide the staff needed to complete a project , the required services may be acquired from outside sources. This can involve hiring individual consultants or subcontracting work to another organization." Saving Changes...
