A project manager notices that a contracted consultant has become an obstruction in the projects critical path. Currently, the consultant is the only one who can accomplish a particular activity. The project manager discovers that the consultant is busy on another
company project.

What should the project manager do to resolve this conflict?


A. Require the project management office (PMO) to contract another consultant to work on that particular activity.
B. Meet with the sponsor to explain the situation, and request that the consultant be assigned exclusively to their project.
C. Meet with the consultant and the project manager of the other project to understand and negotiate the consultants availability to meet both projects needs.
D. Ask the consultant to train the team on the required skills to avoid dependency on the consultants availability.