Project Management Professional (PMP) — Question 866

One of the team members is always late to the daily standup meeting. What should the project manager do?

Answer options

• A. Schedule the meeting at the end of the day to accommodate everyone.
• B. Reinforce the ground rules for standup meetings with the entire team.
• C. Speak with the team member directly to reinforce the ground rules.
• D. Ignore the situation since the team member is accomplishing their deliverables.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct action is to speak directly with the team member to address the tardiness, as this allows for a personal and targeted approach to reinforce expectations. Simply reinforcing ground rules with the entire team (Option B) may not resolve the specific issue, while rescheduling (Option A) and ignoring the situation (Option D) do not address the root cause of the problem.