You are a Project Manager at Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe and assigned to a major construction project. The project is on schedule and under budget, but you are constantly in conflict with a member of you

Question

Options

• AFiring the team member from the project as soon as possible
• BReporting this to senior management
• CReporting this problem to senior management with a solution of replacing this team member
• DHolding a team meeting to vote if the team member should be removed

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  12% (5)
• C
  48% (20)
• D
  33% (14)

Explanation

A Project Manager's best course of action when faced with a team member actively sabotaging the project is to escalate to senior management AND come with a proposed solution - in this case, replacing the team member. PMI emphasizes that PMs should not just raise problems without recommended solutions; proactive problem-solving is a core competency. Option A (immediate firing) may be outside the PM's authority and skips proper escalation. Option B (reporting without a solution) is incomplete and reactive. Option D (team vote) is inappropriate - personnel decisions are not made by majority vote of peers, and it could undermine authority and team dynamics.

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