PMP Exam Set C – Q47

Your are working for a large project organization, with several project managers, working on 15 projects. All project managers submit their status reports at month end. One of your colleague project manager has reported an error in last 2 months. Discussing the issue with one of her project’s team members, who is also working on one of your projects, you realize that she is deliberately misreporting the project’s status, to pump-up her performance as the annual performance appraisal is due next month. The month-end review meeting will be held in 2 days time as you are preparing your presentation for the same. What should you say about her status report?

A. Report the incorrect status to the appropriate management.
B. Since there is no direct relationship between your project and hers, there is no need to intervene in this issue.
C. Prepare a brief of what you have discussed with her team member and report the inconsistency in the meeting.
D. Send an email to her boss asking to check the contents of her report.

A. Report the incorrect status to the appropriate management.