A community college has asked you to manage a small project to develop an introductory course for people who want to become family childcare providers. The team is using an agile approach, and so far, there hasn't been much upfront planning or requirements gathering. A group of three childcare experts are serving as "authors" (subject matter experts) for the project, working remotely. They have sent you a lot of ideas for designing the course, but everyone seems to have a different opinion about the best approach. How can you best help resolve this stalemate and move forward?

Select one: a. Bring the authors together, and facilitate a design session to help them come to a consensus. b. Have the team develop a prototype based on the authors' ideas, and ask the authors to review it. c. Prepare a context diagram to map how the course design interfaces with the stakeholders. d. Review the authors' input, choose the best design, and send it to the team for development.

Of all decisions that executive sponsors have to consider at an end-of-phase review meeting, the most difficult one would be

Select one: a. Authorizing scope changes for the next phase b. Authorizing budget increases for the next phase based upon scope changes c. Authorizing budget reductions for the next phase based upon scope changes d. Canceling the project