A manufacturing company is implementing a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system using a hybrid approach. The predictive phase covers infrastructure setup and data migration, while the adaptive phase handles user interface customization and workflow optimization. During a quarterly business review, the CFO expresses concern that the project's benefits realization is not clearly aligned with the organization's new strategic priority of reducing operational costs by 15% within two years. The project was originally justified based on improving customer satisfaction scores. What should the project manager do first?
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A project manager is leading a multi-year infrastructure project using a predictive approach. The organization's CFO announces a strategic shift toward improving EBITDA margins, requiring all departments to reduce operating expenses by 12% over the next fiscal year. The project is currently on track with its approved budget, but this initiative could impact resource allocation and vendor contracts already negotiated. Several project team members express concern that cost-cutting measures will compromise quality deliverables. The project's ROI calculation was based on completing all scope within the original quality parameters. How should the project manager address this organizational change?
A government contractor is managing a predictive defense project with strict compliance requirements and a fixed-price contract. Midway through execution, new export control regulations are implemented that reclassify certain technical data the project team has been sharing with an offshore subcontractor. Immediate compliance requires terminating the subcontractor relationship and transitioning work to domestic resources, which will increase costs by 35% and extend the timeline by 3 months. The contract includes a changes clause for regulatory compliance, but invoking it requires demonstrating that compliance was unforeseeable at contract signing. Legal review suggests the regulatory change was predictable based on geopolitical trends. What should the project manager do?
