Emergency Management

Correct Answer: Emergency Response Plan

As a project manager initiating a project in a region susceptible to natural disasters, incorporating an Emergency Response Plan into your project management plan is essential. The Emergency Response Plan specifically addresses procedures and actions to take during emergency situations, ensuring safety and minimizing impacts. This plan outlines immediate responses required to handle natural disasters effectively, which is crucial in such regions. While other plans like the Risk Response Plan, Contingency Management Plan, and Crisis Communication Plan are important, they do not specifically focus on immediate emergency actions as the Emergency Response Plan does.

Correct Answer: Communication Management Plan

The Communication Management Plan is the appropriate choice as it outlines the procedures for effective communication with stakeholders during a crisis, ensuring that all relevant information is disseminated promptly and accurately. Other options such as Stakeholder Communication Strategy, Crisis Communication Framework, and Stakeholder Communication Guidelines may address aspects of communication but do not specifically detail the comprehensive procedures required for stakeholder communication during emergencies.

Correct Answer: Ensure everyone's safety, report the incident and revise the Health & Safety plan.

According to the PMBOK 7th edition, the safety of project team members is a top priority. In the event of a sudden industrial accident, the best course of action would be to 'Ensure everyone's safety, report the incident and revise the Health & Safety plan.' This would involve ensuring everyone is physically safe, reporting the incident to the relevant authorities, and revising the project's Health & Safety plan to prevent future incidents. Ignoring the incident or merely reporting it without taking further action, as suggested in the other options, would not only endanger the team members but also go against the PMBOK guidelines. Designing a new project to cope with industrial accidents would be an unnecessary, reactive measure that doesn't ensure the safety of the team in the current project. It is essential to promote a proactive approach towards safety by ensuring safety measures are already in place and are continuously updated as per the project requirements.