A project manager is participating in procuring a supplier for an online e-learning sales application and will take over the project after the supplier is chosen. What should the project manager do before the project starts?

The correct answer is to confirm requirements are understood and objectives verified before approving an agreement. As a project manager taking over after supplier selection, ensuring a clear understanding of the project's scope, deliverables, and success criteria (objectives) is paramount. This proactive step prevents future misunderstandings, scope creep, and potential disputes with the chosen supplier, laying a solid foundation for project success. Requesting legal involvement is generally good practice but is not the project manager's primary responsibility before project initiation, nor is it the most critical action for project success at this stage. Stating an inability to participate in negotiations is unhelpful and avoids a critical responsibility of understanding the procurement outcome. Informing the sponsor that scope changes won't be allowed is unrealistic; change is inherent in projects, and a robust change management process is needed, not an outright ban.