In a functional organization, a project team member is known to be late on deliverables and regularly delays projects. A better resource is available but is not assigned to work on the project at…

The correct answer is C. Negotiation. In a functional organization, the project manager does not have direct authority to reassign resources - that power belongs to the functional manager. The appropriate strategy is negotiation: working with the functional manager to make a case for replacing the underperforming…

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Question

In a functional organization, a project team member is known to be late on deliverables and regularly delays projects. A better resource is available but is not assigned to work on the project at this time. Which of the following strategies should be used to have the better resource assigned to the project?

Options

AAvoidance
BTransference
CNegotiation
DExploitation

How the community answered

(22 responses)

A
9% (2)
B
5% (1)
C
82% (18)
D
5% (1)

Explanation

In a functional organization, the project manager does not have direct authority to reassign resources - that power belongs to the functional manager. The appropriate strategy is negotiation: working with the functional manager to make a case for replacing the underperforming resource with the better-suited one. Avoidance (A), transference (B), and exploitation (D) are risk response strategies and are not applicable to resource assignment decisions.

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