A project team consisting of four team members will be rolling out a company-wide application to both staff and contractors in a country. To deliver within strict the time lines, a local company skilled in application deployment and change management will need to be contracted.
What should the project manager do to empower the local company?
To empower the local company, the project manager should set clear expectations and agree on the requirements that need to be delivered. This approach ensures that the contractor knows exactly what is expected of them. Additionally, implementing periodic progress reports enables ongoing communication and monitoring without micromanagement. This facilitates a balance between oversight and autonomy, which is essential for empowering a skilled contractor while ensuring project timelines are met.
Option C emphasizes communication, collaboration, and regular updates through progress reports. It creates a structure for ongoing communication between the project manager and the local company, facilitating transparency and ensuring everyone stays informed about the project's status. While both Option A and Option C are reasonable approaches, they differ slightly in their emphasis. Option A emphasizes "supervision" by the project manager, which may involve a more hands-on approach. On the other hand, Option C highlights "periodic progress reports," which promotes regular updates and a collaborative working relationship between the project manager and the local company.
I will go with A, The question saids "To deliver within strict the time lines" where I concluse that the supervision of the PM is much better to ensure the timeline is respected and the problems identified in advance than the periodic reports of the option C where delays will be discovered after happened
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Choice A means that the PM has to do extra work(manage and supervise the local contractor) to deliver the project outcomes that is agreed. While Choice C says that PM will follow-up the progress or status reports of the vendor to keep the work on track as PM already set an agreement with the vendor the required work. Choice C is reasonable
Since the question is how to empower local companies, with the constraint is that the project has strict timeline. C is the most appropriate answer. Set expectation and periodically verify the result would ensure both Empowering the local companies & Controlling progress
Option A is correct. Inside the resource management plan, the local company has been identified as a resource provider. Expectations will be managed by the PM alongside requirements agreed with the local company.
Answer C. The keyword here is "empower" - instead of micromanaging the PM should be checking on their performance on a periodic basis.
Clearly Define Roles and Responsibilities is the first step
Option C
Option C is the best approach as it sets expectation at the start and then periodically reviews the progress to evaluate the progress. This would also help the PM as he does not have to supervise constantly and he can utilize that time for other productive activities.
The best option for the project manager to empower the local company is C. Set expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver with periodic progress reports.
C. Set expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver with periodic progress reports
Its A because we want to empower the contractor , referring to self organized teams - therefore choosing the option that gives the team some kind of autonomy
A is correct
Answer is C
Setting expectations is what the PM should do and also empower.
c should be the answer.
Although project manager empower the local company, it does not mean Project manager will not manage or supervision.