A PROJECT MANAGER IS MANAGING A PROJECT TO DESIGN A SOFTWARE SYSTE...

27. A project manager is managing a project to design a software system

for a client. She decides to subcontract the work to a programming

subcontractor. The subcontractor fails to deliver the work on time, and

the project manager invokes a penalty clause that was written into the

contract. It is found that the person signing the contract was under

twenty-one years of age (the legal age where the contract was signed).

What can be done?

a. The company can invoke the penalty clause, and it must be hon-

ored.

b. The work must be completed by the subcontractor, and the penalty

clauses must be deducted from the amount paid to the subcon-

tractor.

c. The company should renegotiate the contract.

d. The contract is void for lack of competent parties, and no additional

work should be done.