PMP Exam Set G – Q82

You are managing a medium sized construction project, and are reviewing some invoices from the electrical contractor. You see that materials not required for your project have been included on the invoice. After making a few phone calls it becomes clear that one of your project resources asked one of the vendor’s staff to add a few extra circuits to one part of the building. This change was never approved through the change management process. What do you do?

A. Notify the manager of your project resource that he failed to follow proper processes.
B. Refuse to pay the charges.
C. Call a team meeting to determine how this will impact the project, then inform stakeholders of the impacts.
D. Immediately inform the project stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change. Then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.

D. Immediately inform the project stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change. Then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.