Business Environment & Compliance
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Business Environment & Compliance: example questions & answers
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A project operates across several countries with differing labor laws and cultural norms. How should the project manager account for this in planning?
- ATreat the differences as enterprise environmental factors and tailor the approach to each location's requirements✓
- BIgnore local norms to keep the project consistent
- CDelegate all such concerns to the team members in each country
- DApply the home country's rules uniformly to all locations
Answer: Differing laws and cultural norms are enterprise environmental factors the project manager must recognize and tailor for across locations. Respecting local requirements supports compliance and stakeholder relationships.
A project manager learns that a planned deliverable may violate a newly enacted industry standard. What should the project manager do FIRST?
- AAssess the compliance impact and raise it through the proper governance and change control process✓
- BCancel the deliverable without further analysis
- CAsk the team to keep the issue confidential
- DProceed with delivery and address the standard later
Answer: The project manager must first assess the compliance impact and raise it through governance and integrated change control to keep the project lawful and aligned. Ignoring or hiding a compliance issue exposes the organization to significant risk.