Question on Project Charter with 5 managers

Your took over a project from an individual who was let go. You are reading the project documentation and found the project charter was signed by five managers. What should be your primary concern at this time ?

 

a. Determining reporting structure

b. Communication in a matricx organization

c. Getting a single sponcor

d. Identifying who can represent the project for change control

 

Anyone ?

The answer is B (similar question in Rita's PMP Exam Prep - Integration Management Question 17).  Determining who will be on the change control board and determining the reporting structure may have already been done.  In any case, these choices are not directly impacted by the number of sponsors who have signed the charter.  Having a single project sponsor is not necessary. This situation implies that there are five areas concerned with this project. In addition to added communication requirements, you should be concerned with competing needs and requirements impacting your efforts on configuration management.

selecting single sponsor....

admin / expert advice required

The choice should be always a best option. I go with Option B. The primary concern for a project manager should be communcation bcoz of increased no. of sponsors.

Hi,

There was a great discussion on this topic . please refer to the following link.Remebr Ritas answers are based on her book . 

http://pmzilla.com/rita-vs-scordo

Regards

prakavi