A retail company is implementing a hybrid project for a new inventory management system. The data migration follows a predictive schedule with specific cutover dates, while new features are developed using Kanban with continuous flow. A critical quality issue is discovered in the data migration test environment that could delay the cutover by six weeks. The development team using Kanban has been consistently delivering new features every week. Several stakeholders suggest accelerating feature delivery to compensate for the data migration delay. What should the project manager do?

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The correct answer is B. Quality issues in critical dependencies require a comprehensive assessment of impact before making changes (ECO Process Task 2.5). In hybrid projects, delays in one work stream may necessitate adjustments across the entire integrated plan, but the focus should be on maintaining value delivery rather than activity acceleration. Option A violates Kanban principles by artificially inflating WIP, which typically reduces quality and creates bottlenecks rather than increasing throughput. Option C compounds risk by reducing quality assurance when a quality issue already exists. Option D is an overreaction that ignores the fact that data migration has legitimate reasons for predictive planning—migrating data requires careful sequencing and cannot be easily decomposed into independent increments.

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