PMP Practice Question: Business Environment — Predictive, Medium
You are managing a 18-month product development project for a manufacturing company. The project is tracking on schedule and budget at month 9. Your organization's CFO announces that due to market downturn, all project budgets will be reduced by 20% effective next quarter, and the executive team is reviewing the project portfolio for potential cancellations. Your project's business case showed a 3-year ROI with NPV of $2.5M. Market conditions suggest the ROI period may now extend to 5 years. What is your best course of action?
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