You work for a large manufacturing plant. Your firm is thinking of initiating a new project to release an overseas product line. This is the company’s first experience in the overseas market, and it wants to make a big splash with the introduction of this product. The project entails producing your product in a concentrated formula and packaging it in smaller containers than the U.S. product uses. A new machine is needed in order to mix the first set of ingredients in the concentrated formula. Which of the following actions should the project manager take?

A. The project manager should document the project’s objectives and business justification in a project charter document and recommend that the project should proceed.

B. The project manager knows the project is a go and should document the project’s objectives and known deliverables in a preliminary scope statement document.

C. The project manager should document the business need for the project and recommend that a feasibility study be performed to determine viability of the project.

D. The project manager should document the high-level product requirements and stakeholder expectations in a preliminary scope statement.