PMP Practice Question: People — Predictive, Medium
You are managing a predictive infrastructure project with a detailed resource management plan. Your functional manager informs you that one of your key team members will need to support a critical production issue for the next two weeks, reducing their availability to your project from 100% to 25%. This team member is scheduled to complete design activities that are on the critical path. What is the most appropriate action?
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