During the execution of a software development project, you notice that several high-priority features are behind schedule. Upon investigation, you identify that the delay is caused by unforeseen technical debt that was not accounted for in the initial planning. As the project manager, which of the following actions should you take first to address the impact on the project's schedule?
Request additional resources to accelerate work on the high-priority features.
Conduct a performance review of the development team to identify inefficiencies and assign blame.
Re-estimate the remaining project tasks to account for the technical debt and update the project schedule accordingly.
Hire additional third-party vendors to work in parallel on the delayed features without revising the schedule.
The correct action is to re-estimate the tasks considering the identified technical debt and then update the project schedule. By doing this, you reflect the new reality of the project and can manage the stakeholders' expectations accordingly. Correctly re-estimating allows for informed decision-making and adjustment of plans to ensure continued alignment with project objectives. Requesting additional resources may be an action to consider later but is not the first step without re-estimating the work. Conducting a performance review is unrelated to the immediate need to address the schedule impact. Hiring additional vendors without re-estimating would increase costs without necessarily providing a solution to the schedule issue.
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