A project manager is leading a year-long software development project. Six months into the project, the client submits an approved change request for a significant expansion of the scope, which will add three months to the timeline. The original schedule is now unachievable. What is the BEST course of action for the project manager to ensure the schedule remains a useful performance measurement tool?
Continue tracking progress against the original, unachievable schedule.
Cancel the project due to the timeline changes.
Shorten the duration of remaining tasks to meet the original deadline.
Rebaseline the schedule to incorporate the approved changes.
When significant, approved changes make the original project baseline unachievable, the best practice is to rebaseline the schedule. Rebaselining creates a new, approved baseline that reflects the current project scope and schedule. This allows the project manager to accurately measure future performance against a realistic plan. Continuing to use an outdated schedule provides no value for performance measurement. Shortening the duration of remaining tasks to meet the original deadline (crashing) is not appropriate because the change, including the time extension, was approved. Canceling the project is an extreme and incorrect response to an approved scope change.
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