You are managing a hybrid product development project where the hardware components follow a predictive approach with a 12-month timeline, while the software team operates in 2-week sprints. The hardware team has just informed you that a critical component will be delayed by 6 weeks due to supply chain issues. This delay will impact the integration phase where both teams must work together. The software team has already completed 60% of their planned features and is on track. Several stakeholders are pressuring you to maintain the original go-live date. What should be your FIRST action to address this situation?

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The correct answer is A. Option A is correct because in a hybrid environment, the project manager must first understand the full impact across both predictive and agile streams before making decisions (ECO Process Task 2.5 - Plan and manage scope). An integrated impact analysis will reveal dependencies, risks, and opportunities that inform the best path forward, which might include phased delivery leveraging completed software features. Option D, the main distractor, is premature because escalating without first analyzing alternatives and potential solutions wastes the opportunity to present viable options to leadership. The PM should come to the sponsor with analyzed options, not just problems. Options B and C impose solutions without understanding impacts - slowing agile teams contradicts agile principles of sustainable pace, and fast-tracking hardware may introduce quality risks without addressing the fundamental constraint.

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