A. Authority lies solely with the project manager.

B. Authority is directed by the project architect.

C. Authority is shared between the project manager and project coordinator.

D. Authority is shared between functional and project managers.

A. Geographical factors

B. Language barriers

C. Cultural differences

D. Technology factors

A. hire an interpreter to ensure verbal and written communications are accurate.

B. learn the unknown language to be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

C. use more print media to communicate with the stakeholders.

D. hire a bilingual project team that is fluent in the language to reduce conflict.

A. Activity A should be assigned because it is within the resource's skillset, has already been started with three other resources, and has four days of slack.

B. Activity D should be assigned because it is a new task, the skillset determination has not been assessed for the task, it is supposed to start tomorrow, and it has zero slack.

C. Activity C should be assigned because it is a task that any resource can do; however, it is undesirable, needs to be done, has not started, and has three days of slack.

D. Activity B should be assigned because it is not within the resource's skillset; however, it gives the resource an opportunity to learn a new skill, has not started, and has one day of slack.

A. Quality because the existing system is now outside the threshold.

B. Requirements because this is a change to initial scope.

C. Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.

D. Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.

E. Stakeholders because they will need to understand the modification and provide buy-in.