A project team member highlights to the project manager that expensive licensing for critical software in use across the project may expire before the completion project.
Which of the following would the project manager MOST likely do?
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A. B. C. D.A.
The project manager's primary responsibility is to manage the project to meet its objectives, and this includes addressing risks and issues that may impact the project's success. In this scenario, the project team member has highlighted that the expensive licensing for critical software in use across the project may expire before the completion of the project.
Given the situation, the project manager's MOST likely action is to place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk. This approach allows the project manager to formally document the risk, assess its potential impact on the project's objectives, and engage with relevant stakeholders to identify strategies to address the risk.
Option B, raising a purchase order to purchase the licensing and asking the team member to install it, is not the best approach, as it assumes that the project manager has the budget and authority to purchase the licensing. Furthermore, installing the software may not be enough to address the risk, and other actions may need to be taken to mitigate the risk.
Option C, amending the project scope and raising a project change request to obtain approval of the amendment, is also not the best approach, as it assumes that the project scope can be changed to accommodate the risk. Changing the project scope may not be feasible or desirable, and may result in additional costs and schedule delays.
Option D, amending the project schedule and work breakdown structures to remove the use of the software from the project, may also not be the best approach, as it assumes that the software can be replaced or removed without impacting the project's objectives. If the software is critical to the project's success, removing it may not be feasible, and may result in additional risks and issues that need to be addressed.
In summary, the project manager's MOST likely action is to place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk. This approach allows the project manager to engage with relevant stakeholders to identify strategies to address the risk, without assuming that the risk can be easily resolved by purchasing licensing, changing the project scope, or removing the software.