You are leading a hybrid project implementing a new customer relationship management (CRM) system. The infrastructure and data migration components are being executed using predictive approaches with detailed schedules, while the user interface customization is being developed iteratively with two-week sprints. During Sprint 3, the development team discovers that database schema changes required for a new UI feature will impact the data migration timeline, which is currently on the critical path. The infrastructure team needs three weeks to implement the schema changes, but this will delay the overall project completion by two weeks. What should you do first?

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The correct answer is B. In a hybrid environment, integration between predictive and adaptive components requires collaborative planning to optimize the overall delivery. Facilitating a joint planning session allows both teams to understand dependencies, explore whether work can be parallelized, assess if the UI feature can be decomposed differently, or identify alternative technical solutions that might reduce the impact (ECO Process Task 3.16: Integrate project planning activities). Option D is the main distractor because while updating the schedule is necessary, it's premature to accept the delay without first exploring optimization opportunities through collaboration. Simply accepting the delay without investigation fails to leverage the flexibility that hybrid approaches offer for managing inter-dependencies between different delivery streams.

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