What would you do? Review each situation and select a response that most closely represents your viewpoint.

A. An assistant project manager had the opportunity to be promoted and manage a new large project that was about to begin. She needed the project manager’s permission to accept the new assignment, but if she left, the project manager would have to perform her work in addition to his own for about three months.

a) Deny the promotion due to the work load

b) Delay the promotion until a suitable replacement can be found and trained

c) Approve the promotion and develop a transition process for the assistant project manager

d) Convince the assistant project manager that the promotion is not really a good opportunity B. In the first month of a twelve-month project the project manager discovers that the end date was too optimistic and cannot be met.

a) Hold the information and wait for a miracle to happen

b) Change the scope statement to reduce the work required

c) Advise the customer and the sponsor about the issue and provide alternatives

d) Continue with the project as planned and arrange for a new project manager to take over as soon as possible