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✅ Correct Answer: C. Issue a change order to the change control board (CCB) and rebaseline the schedule

✅ Why C is the Best Answer

If the project is behind schedule and cannot meet the current baseline, PMI requires the project manager to:

• Submit a change request to the Change Control Board (CCB)
• Justify the impact on scope, time, and/or cost
• Upon approval, rebaseline the schedule

This approach maintains transparency, stakeholder alignment, and process compliance.

❌ Why Other Options Are Less Effective

• A. Negotiate with the sponsor and establish a new project charter
  🔻 Not appropriate. The project charter is created once during initiation. It should not be revised to handle execution-level changes.
• B. Modify the plan and get approval from stakeholders
  🔻 Incomplete. All baseline changes must go through formal change control, not informal stakeholder updates.
• D. Add more resources without changing the baseline
  🔻 Risky. Adding resources may increase cost and doesn’t formally reflect the revised delivery strategy. Changes must be documented and approved.

📌 Key Takeaways

• Baselines cannot be changed without formal change control
• The CCB reviews and approves changes to the schedule baseline
• Project charters are not revised to handle execution deviations