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Your next door neighbor is a team member on a project as a business analyst. She mentions to you that she had met with her project manager.

today to talk about a really good idea she had for a useful change to the project. She expresses frustration to you because she fully expected approval to go ahead with the change, but instead ,she was requested to write a report documenting the specific benefit on the change. As a project manager yourself what would be the most appropriate response?

A. agree with your neighbor that the project manager is just being unreasonable since the benefit documentation is really the project manager responsibility to.

B. advise your neighbor that the cost benefit analysis was already completed during project planning and the project manager must be inexperienced.

C. Tell her you would ask the same for your team member. PM’s need to analyze the benefits of the change vs the cost and compare them to other possible changes.

D. Your neighbour should do what was ask

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Question added by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.
Date Posted: 2016/10/09
DR MD ANWAR HOSSAIN
by DR MD ANWAR HOSSAIN , Moderator , bayt.com

I think option C is appropriate. Thanks for your invitation.

Ksenija Kancelak
by Ksenija Kancelak , Construction Project Manager , City of Koprivnica, Koprivnica (Croatia)

I think the right answer is C

Md Fazlur Rahman
by Md Fazlur Rahman , Procurement Specialist , Engineering and Planning Consultants Ltd

Option C. Tell her you would ask the same for your team member. PM’s need to analyze the benefits of the change vs the cost and compare them to other possible changes.

Abiodun Joda
by Abiodun Joda , office manager , Tola Joda Innovations

The answer is the option c it needs proper analyzes before implementation.

Sattar Abdulkarim  Mohamed
by Sattar Abdulkarim Mohamed , Country Sales Director , Ideal Technical Solutions

Thanks for your invitation. Option C. as PMs  need to analyze the benefits of the change vs the cost and compare them to other possible changes.

Mohammed Asim Nehal
by Mohammed Asim Nehal , M Asim Nehal & Co , Chartered Accountants

Yes "C" is the correct option everybody has a role tto play she has done her part exceptionally well but the PM has to evaluate it from different point-of-view which she need to understand.

MICHAIL KOSTOUROS  PMP PMI-RMP
by MICHAIL KOSTOUROS PMP PMI-RMP , Project Manager , SEEC S.A.

The best answer is C. before you act, you must always consider what is the potential impact to the triple constraint (scope, time, cost and quality) and then proceed with a change request to the CCB, gain an approval and after implementing the change 

Essam  Abdalla
by Essam Abdalla , Sr. project Manager , Takamul Project Management

C is the right answer, changes must be analyzed and documented.

Krishna   KHASANIS  PMP
by Krishna KHASANIS PMP , Project Manager-Electrical , Larsen & Toubro Ltd, P T & D (International)

Thanks for the invite.

This question relates to ethics and professional conducts.

In my opinion option C is most appropriate.

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