A company's finance director asks the PMO for help gathering a group of specialists to work in an operations center. Which of the following is the MOST likely action the PMO will take?

Question

Options

• ARequest funding to hire the group of specialists.
• BAssign a project manager to start working on the project charter.
• CAsk the finance director to sign the statement of work.
• DInform the finance director the PMO only works for projects.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  79% (31)
• C
  10% (4)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

Assigning a project manager to start working on the project charter (B) is correct because the request - gathering a group of specialists to staff an operations center - represents a new initiative requiring formal project initiation. The project charter is the first formal document that authorizes a project and gives the project manager the authority to apply resources. Even if the end state is operational in nature, standing it up requires a project. Requesting funding independently (A) is not the PMO's role without first initiating the project. Asking the director to sign a statement of work (C) skips the initiation phase and is premature. Informing the director that the PMO only works on projects (D) is incorrect; the request is, in fact, project work (building an operations center).

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