A new project manager is having difficulty creating a WBS with the team. To alleviate this situation, the project manager should ask for help from:

Question

Options

• AThe sponsor.
• BOther project managers.
• CThe project management office.
• DThe team.

• A
  18% (6)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  71% (24)
• D
  9% (3)

Explanation

The Project Management Office (PMO) exists precisely to support project managers with methodology, templates, standards, and guidance - including WBS development. When a PM lacks experience with a technique, the PMO is the institutional resource that provides structured, process-level help.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• (A) The sponsor funds and champions the project but is not responsible for project management methodology or technique guidance.
• (B) Other project managers could informally help, but this is ad hoc and not the formally designated support structure - the exam favors the correct organizational answer.
• (D) The team already has the PM struggling to work with them; the problem isn't team participation, it's the PM's lack of WBS expertise.

Memory tip: Think of the PMO as the "PM's manager" for process questions. Any time an exam question involves a PM needing methodology support, templates, training, or standards - the PMO is almost always the answer. The sponsor gives authority, the team does the work, but the PMO provides the how.

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