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Sponsor

The person or group who provides resources and support for a project and is accountable for enabling success.

Original SimCert study summary; not an official PMI® glossary definition.

Performance domain · StakeholdersPrinciple · Adopt a Holistic ViewExam domain · Business Environment

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Business Environment·Scope

A project manager is midway through a project when the organization announces a new strategic priority that conflicts with the project's original objectives. The project sponsor has not yet commented on how this affects the project.

What should the project manager do FIRST?

Practise this domain

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