PMP Practice Question: Business Environment — Predictive, Hard
A project manager is leading a predictive ERP implementation for a retail company. During the execution phase, a major competitor unexpectedly acquires two smaller rivals, consolidating 35% market share and creating significant competitive pressure. The CEO convenes an emergency strategy session and announces the company must accelerate its digital transformation timeline. Marketing now requires customer analytics capabilities six months earlier than the original ERP deployment plan. The ERP vendor confirms that implementing analytics functionality early would require re-sequencing the technical architecture, adding $800K in rework costs and potentially destabilizing the core financial modules currently in user acceptance testing. The project's success criteria were originally focused on on-time, on-budget delivery of financial capabilities. How should the project manager respond?
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