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Question #: 220
Topic #: 1

A project team is working on the design of a solution for a complex project. Due to a lack of clarity of the customer's requirements, daily meetings were agreed upon between the team and the customer. There are a few external contractors in the project who do not agree with this idea as they feel it is a waste of time.
What should the project manager do?

A. Welcome and involve the contractors as part of the project team.
B. Ask the contractors to meet with the customer independently.
C. Ask the customer to develop a document with the requirements.
D. Warn and penalize the contractors who do not attend the meeting.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by leo_gold at Dec. 13, 2022, 7:56 p.m.

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e0cb955

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: C

Option C tackles the root cause of the requirements issue: Ask the customer to develop a document with the requirements.

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betterthanyesterday

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Selected Answer: C

A. Welcome and involve the contractors as part of the project team. Most Voted C. Ask the customer to develop a document with the requirements. A is wrong. The contractors will not feel welcomed as they thought the meeting would waste time. Rather than that, it would be better to check if they are well aware of the requirement.

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ELTIGANI

1 year ago

Selected Answer: A

A. Welcome and involve the contractors as part of the project team. Including the contractors in the daily meetings with the customer can help address their concerns, improve communication, and ensure alignment on project objectives and requirements. It also fosters collaboration and a sense of ownership among all team members, including external contractors.

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victory108

1 year, 11 months ago

Selected Answer: A

A. Welcome and involve the contractors as part of the project team

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SteAle

1 year, 12 months ago

Selected Answer: A

A. Welcome and involve the contractors as part of the project team.

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Alizade

2 years, 2 months ago

Selected Answer: A

A. Welcome and involve the contractors as part of the project team.

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Hung3102

2 years, 3 months ago

A is answer

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DRohan

2 years, 3 months ago

As per the Question , there is lack of clarity in requirements, so I think customer should provide requirements clearly, that will be problem solving, C is better choice

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Weslineo

2 years, 4 months ago

@leo_gold, Agile is takes.collaboration serious.anything to bring about collaboration is welcome.

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leo_gold

2 years, 6 months ago

Can't understand why A is correct - if the contractors not agreeing with this idea then how are they going to attend the meeting if there are invited? thoughts?

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SASA2030

2 years, 6 months ago

Agile looks like that you have to be open minded and take it easy :)

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leo_gold

2 years, 6 months ago

Thanks for your comment - can you please explain it more to me. What is meant by welcoming the contractor to the team?

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suflam3

2 years, 2 months ago

contractors seems to be exposed with predictive model. inviting them to stand up meeting will expose them to agile methodology, which in turn could change their mind that this is not a waste of time afterall.

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TomGrey

1 year, 12 months ago

But they feel its a waste of time, how are you going to invite them to meetings that they refused to attend in the first place?

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8a6d137

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Agile uses nice language. In other words PM is telling (Forcing) contractors to join the meeting using his authority. At end of the day PM is the Boss no matter what leadership style is being used to lead the team.

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