You ’ re the project manager for a large IT project that ’ s going to take a year to complete and requires input from many different IT technicians. Recently you ’ ve discovered that some fighting is going on between the person who ’ s developing and implementing your security policies and a senior developer. You ’ ve found both to be highly credible, valuable players on your team. What ’ s the best way to handle this situation?

A. Call both to a meeting. Specify exactly what you ’ re seeing happening between them.

Ask for a plan from both to work out the differences. Stress the importance each of them contributes to the project.

B. Ask the HR office to put together a meeting between you and the two fighting team members. Ask HR to work out the differences between the team members. Stress the importance each of them contributes to the project.

C. Call both to a meeting with you and the project sponsor. Specify to the sponsor exactly what you ’ re seeing happening between the two. Allow the sponsor to lead the group toward an amicable solution. Stress the importance each of them contributes to the project.

D. Replace the security specialist with someone else.