You are managing a hybrid project where the product development team works in two-week sprints while the regulatory compliance team follows a waterfall approach with predefined milestones. During sprint planning, the development team commits to features that require compliance documentation, but the compliance team indicates they need four weeks' advance notice to complete their reviews. This misalignment has caused delays in three consecutive sprints. What should you do to address this integration challenge?

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The correct answer is A. Option A is correct because it integrates both approaches by creating a synchronized planning mechanism that respects each team's working methodology while preventing delays (ECO Process Task 2.1). The lookahead schedule allows predictive compliance work to start early enough to support iterative development. Option B is wrong because artificially slowing development velocity wastes capacity and doesn't address the root integration issue. Option C may not be feasible or necessary—the problem is coordination, not resource shortage. Option D forces an inappropriate methodology change on a team whose work is naturally sequential and benefits from longer planning cycles.

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