A project is behind schedule because the contractor has been working on other projects. The subcontractors have been acting unprofessionally and have offended other employees outside the project…

Question

Options

• ATrigger the incident response plan and notify the contractor
• BPlan a team-building exercise for the project team and contractor
• CHold a meeting with the contractor and review the issue log and contract
• DAsk staff to review the communication plan and code of conduct

• A
  12% (4)
• B
  26% (9)
• C
  56% (19)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

Multiple issues here (schedule delays, unprofessional behavior, quality problems) all trace back to the contractor and subcontractors. The FIRST action should be to hold a meeting with the contractor and review both the issue log (to formally document all problems) and the contract (to understand the contractor's obligations and hold them accountable). This directly addresses the root cause - the contractor being distracted by other projects and subcontractors behaving unprofessionally - within the framework of the contractual agreement. Team-building and reviewing the communication plan are valid follow-up actions, but they don't address the immediate contractual accountability needed.

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