PMP Question #1002: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Before a daily standup, a team member informed the project manager that they have accepted a job offer at another company. The team member explains that they plan to present their resignation to the functional manager. What should the project manager do next?

Options

• AContact the product owner and review the current sprint backlog.
• BCommunicate to the team members at the daily standup.
• CAlert the functional manager about possible delivery delays.
• DContact the functional manager and develop a mitigation strategy.

Explanation

Upon learning of a team member's impending resignation, the project manager should immediately collaborate with the functional manager to develop a strategy that mitigates the risk to project delivery.

Common mistakes.

• A. Reviewing the sprint backlog with the product owner is a subsequent step after addressing the immediate resource change with the functional manager.
• B. Communicating a team member's resignation to the entire team at the daily standup without a clear plan or understanding of the situation from the functional manager could create unnecessary anxiety or uncertainty.
• C. Alerting the functional manager about possible delays without simultaneously working on a mitigation strategy is incomplete and less proactive than developing a strategy together.

Concept tested. Resource management, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication

Reference. https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

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