A project manager is not receiving cooperation from a department that is vital to the success of a project. Because of this, the project cannot move forward. Which of the following is the BEST place…

The PMO provides standards and support but typically does not hold the authority to compel cooperation from an unresponsive department.

Project stakeholders may lack the authority to direct other departments and could themselves be part of the non-cooperating group.

The project team has no organizational authority over departments outside their own and cannot compel cross-departmental cooperation.

The project sponsor is an executive-level stakeholder with the organizational authority to remove impediments that the project manager cannot resolve independently. Compelling cooperation from a resistant department requires positional power above the project manager level, which the sponsor provides. Escalating to the sponsor is the recognized path in project governance when stakeholder or departmental conflicts threaten project viability.