Your predictive project is entering month 8 of a 14-month schedule. Three team members who were critical resources for the design phase have been reassigned to other organizational priorities by their functional managers, despite your resource management plan identifying them as needed through month 10. The remaining team has the technical skills but lacks the institutional knowledge these members possessed. The project sponsor is pressuring you to maintain the original schedule. Performance reviews show current team morale is declining. What is your best course of action?

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The correct answer is A. Option A is correct because it addresses the reality of the situation through proper change control processes (ECO Process Task 2.3), captures institutional knowledge while possible, and provides the sponsor with data-driven options rather than making unsupported commitments. In predictive projects, significant resource changes require formal change control. Option B is the main distractor but is unrealistic—if functional managers have already reassigned these resources, negotiating for partial availability may not be feasible and creates split-focus issues. Option C will further damage declining morale and may violate labor policies, while Option D is expensive and doesn't address knowledge transfer needs or schedule reality.

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