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Question

In an effort to develop new technologies that will increase oil recovery, a research alliance between a petroleum company and a university has announced preliminary results. Using mathematical models, the alliance has put forth cost efficient recovery solutions for the fields studied. The petroleum company is now pursuing the solutions. You are the project manager for the cost recovery project for the Bliden Field in Alaska and are working with the best field manager in the company. At the monthly meeting with the CEO, you are informed that the field manager will be reassigned to a higher priority project. You inform the CEO that the resources involvement on your project is critical to the projects success, but the CEO will not reconsider. Of the following, which is the most prudent action you should take? Continue as the original plan, but without the resource Evaluate the impact of the person's absence on the project and communicate to senior management Continue to lobby for the person to be returned to your project Change the scope of the project to accommodate for the loss of the resource.