PK0-004 · Question #258
Project team members are located in two different time zones, with a five hour time difference. The team members cannot agree on a time of day to have a standing meeting. Which of the following is…
The correct answer is B. Compromising. When two parties cannot agree, compromising requires each side to give up something in order to reach a mutually acceptable middle ground, making it the best fit for a scheduling conflict across time zones.
Question
Project team members are located in two different time zones, with a five hour time difference. The team members cannot agree on a time of day to have a standing meeting. Which of the following is the BEST approach to finding a meeting time?
Options
- AForcing
- BCompromising
- CAvoiding
- DSmoothing
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A4% (1)
- B91% (21)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
When two parties cannot agree, compromising requires each side to give up something in order to reach a mutually acceptable middle ground, making it the best fit for a scheduling conflict across time zones.
Forcing means one party imposes its preferred time on the other, which damages team relationships and does not produce buy-in.
Compromising is the conflict resolution technique where both parties accept a partially satisfying solution - in this case, each team accepts some inconvenience in their local time to land on a shared meeting slot. It directly addresses the disagreement and produces a workable outcome without ignoring or forcing the issue.
Avoiding means neither side addresses the conflict, leaving the scheduling problem unresolved.
Smoothing minimizes the perceived disagreement without actually resolving it, so a meeting time would still not be agreed upon.
Concept tested: Conflict resolution techniques in project teams
Source: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/conflict-resolution-techniques-9633
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