A key stakeholder asked several members of the project team to make project changes without submitting them for approval. Because the stakeholder is related to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the team members are reluctant to deny these requests. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST to control this situation?

A. Have the team members deny all change requests from this stakeholder
B. Ask the project sponsor for more funding to anticipate the change requests from the key stakeholder
C. Contact the key stakeholder to encourage the submission of written change requests
D. Request additional resources from the project team to complete the change requests from the key stakeholder