Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1766

You are beginning a new project staffed with a virtual team located across five different countries. To help limit conflict and misunderstandings concerning the justification, objectives, and high-level requirements of the project among your team members and their
functional managers, you ask the project sponsor to prepare a______________


A.
Memo to team members informing them that they work for you now
B. Project charter
C. Memo to functional managers informing them that you have authority to direct their employees
D. Human resource management plan

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Although the project charter cannot stop conflicts from arising, it can provide a framework to help resolve them, because it describes the project manager’s authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. The project charter also documents the
business needs, justification, objectives, and high-level requirements of the project.