PMP Practice Question: Business Environment — Hybrid, Hard
A government agency is executing a digital transformation project using a hybrid approach, with legacy system migration following predictive methods and new citizen portal features developed iteratively. During sprint 8, the agile team discovers that their new authentication module is incompatible with security protocols required by the predictive migration team, which is following a detailed security architecture designed 10 months ago. The predictive team cannot change their approach without triggering a 6-month change control process required by government IT standards. The agile team's product owner wants to continue with their modern authentication approach, arguing it provides better user experience. This incompatibility will prevent system integration. What should the project manager do?
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