PGMP · Question #383
A team member has come to you and reported that the work due today is going to be five weeks late. The team member has requested that you do not report this to senior management. What is your…
The correct answer is A. Report the status accurately and timely. A team member requests that a five-week schedule slip be hidden from senior management. The PM's ethical and professional responsibility is to report project status accurately and on time.
Question
A team member has come to you and reported that the work due today is going to be five weeks late. The team member has requested that you do not report this to senior management. What is your professional and social responsibility to the project?
Options
- AReport the status accurately and timely
- BIssue a status report that does not contain this information
- CWait until you have some good news to report with the bad news
- DThe manager has helped you so you won't report the slip, hoping it gets back on schedule
How the community answered
(53 responses)- A85% (45)
- B6% (3)
- C2% (1)
- D8% (4)
Why each option
A team member requests that a five-week schedule slip be hidden from senior management. The PM's ethical and professional responsibility is to report project status accurately and on time.
PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct requires project managers to provide accurate, timely, and complete information to stakeholders and management. Concealing a five-week delay would violate the honesty and responsibility standards of the PMP code. Accurate reporting allows senior management to make informed decisions and provide support to recover the schedule.
Issuing a status report that omits known problems is a direct violation of PMI's honesty and transparency standards.
Waiting for good news before reporting bad news delays critical information and prevents timely corrective action by stakeholders.
Allowing personal loyalty to override professional reporting obligations violates the PMI Code of Ethics and endangers the project.
Concept tested: PMI Code of Ethics - honesty and timely reporting
Source: https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code
Topics
Community Discussion
No community discussion yet for this question.