Project Management Professional PMP · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 16
You are a senior project manager for your organization and stakeholders enjoy working with you as project manager. Currently, you are implementing organizational project management (OPM), mainly through incorporating mentoring initiatives. Although your top management is aware of the benefits that this implementation can bring, they are reluctant to take on mentors' roles as they state they are too busy to handle the extra responsibility. Which of the following actions should you take next to implement OPM?
- A Hiring a third party that provides mentorship workshops to the organization.
- B Establishing a rewards system to encourage mentors to participate.
- C Delegating this responsibility to middle-level managers and supervisors.
- D Give up on the implementation as top management does not want to support it.
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Establishing a rewards system will encourage top-level management to participate in the program – if management is interested in the reward. This is a good example of an exam question as none of the choices are really that good, but you will still need to choose the best option presented. Delegating mentorship responsibilities to middle-level management will not project the program's right image if top-level executives are unwilling to participate. While hiring a third party may be beneficial in the short term, they are not permanent employees, and the workshops they conduct will only be temporary. It would be best not to give up on implementing OPM as sustained leadership is cited as a critical success factor for its successful implementation.Discussion
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