After meeting with the program sponsor and stakeholders, the program manager is asked by the sponsor to accelerate the program to replace two legacy financial systems. The legacy systems are at risk o

Question

Options

• AAccelerate the projects and components of the program that replace the two legacy systems.
• BAnalyze the impact of accelerating the program, and present the pros and cons to the program
• CIdentify the parts of the program that need to be accelerated and, if it is cost effective and
• DCreate several "what-if" scenarios of alternatives to present to the program sponsor.

• A
  84% (38)
• B
  9% (4)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

The program sponsor has already assessed the situation and issued a directive to accelerate the program specifically to address the risk of legacy system failure. The program manager's role at this point is to execute on that decision for the relevant components. Choice A is correct because it directly responds to the sponsor's explicit request by accelerating only the components that replace the two at-risk legacy systems, keeping the response targeted and proportional. Choice B (analyzing impact and presenting pros and cons) would be appropriate before a decision is made, but the sponsor has already decided - revisiting the analysis delays action on an active risk. Choice C adds an unnecessary cost-effectiveness condition to a sponsor directive. Choice D (creating what-if scenarios) is an even earlier pre-decision activity that is no longer appropriate given the sponsor's clear instruction.

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