PMP Practice Question: Business Environment — Predictive, Medium
A project manager is leading a large infrastructure project with a fixed budget of $15 million and a two-year timeline. Six months into execution, a new environmental regulation is enacted that will require additional environmental impact assessments and mitigation measures. The project sponsor asks the project manager to assess the impact and recommend next steps. The preliminary analysis shows the regulation will add $800,000 in costs and three months to the schedule. What should the project manager do first?
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