Project Management Professional (PMP) Practice Exam

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The members of your project team have been assigned to your project with general availability levels of 50%. Yesterday, they reported to you that significant variances occurred during project execution. You have noted that the team members have been spending less than 50% of their time working on your project. Your project schedule is about to become heavily delayed, and deadlines are in jeopardy. What should you do?

Talk to your sponsor and try to get more resources assigned on similar conditions as the existing ones.
Talk with functional managers. Negotiate clear and written assignments with reliable scheduling priorities.
Ignore the difficulties, adjust your schedule and negotiate new deadlines according to the slower progress.
Focus on internal charges. Make sure that your project is not getting charged for more than the actual work.

The correct answer is: Talk with functional managers. Negotiate clear and written assignments with reliable scheduling priorities.

Option A is incorrect because simply assigning more resources without considering their availability levels will not necessarily solve the issue and may even create more conflicts. Option C is incorrect because ignoring difficulties and adjusting the schedule may lead to even more significant delays and missed deadlines. Option D is incorrect because solely focusing on internal charges does not address the root issue of team members spending less than 50% of their time on the project.