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PMP · Question 42 · Task 3: Evaluate and address external business environment changes
A project manager is leading a project to develop a fossil-fuel based power plant. A global climate summit results in a new international treaty aiming to phase out such plants within 5 years. The project is scheduled to last 4 years.<br/><br/>What is the MOST strategic recommendation the project manager should make to the steering committee?
A project manager is leading a project to develop a fossil-fuel based power plant. A global climate summit results in a new international treaty aiming to phase out such plants within 5 years. The project is scheduled to last 4 years.<br/><br/>What is the MOST strategic recommendation the project manager should make to the steering committee?
Answer options:
A.
Accelerate the schedule to finish in 3 years.
B.
Re-evaluate the project's long-term viability and consider termination or repurposing.
C.
Ignore the treaty as it is not yet local law.
D.
Reduce the project scope to save money.
How to approach this question
Strategic Alignment. If the future makes the product worthless, stop/change now.
Full Answer
B.Re-evaluate the project's long-term viability and consider termination or repurposing.✓ Correct
The external environment (Legal/Social) has signaled that the project's output will have a very short useful life. Strategic alignment requires re-evaluating the business case. Building it anyway (A) is poor stewardship of organizational resources.
Common mistakes
Focusing on 'getting it done' (A) rather than 'is it worth doing' (B).
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