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Project Management Professional Practice Question

A project manager is leading a project that uses a predictive life cycle. During a weekly status review, they determine that several critical path tasks are falling behind the baseline schedule. To understand the impact and formulate a response, which of the following is the BEST action for the project manager to take next?

  • Immediately implement schedule compression techniques like crashing or fast-tracking.

  • Analyze scheduling trends and compare performance against benchmarks from past similar projects.

  • Hold a mandatory team meeting to identify the root causes of the delay and brainstorm solutions.

  • Update the issue log to document the schedule slippage and assign an owner for resolution.

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