When you were planning your project team, you identified the need for a structural engineer for $2$ months at about $50\%$ availability. You were hoping to use Bob C$.$ on your team because he has all the skills and he is easy to work with. However, now that it is time to bring him on$,$ he is committed $75\%$ to another project. So you are reviewing the staffing list to see who has the right skills and experience, and what their availability is$.$ You come up with the following information:

Ken is coming off a project, but won$$t be available until $3$ weeks after your schedule activities begin

Dora is available, but she mostly works at home as she lives $100$ miles away

Other PMs have used a local Engineering firm with good results in the past

Based on this information, which of the following is NOT an option you are looking at:

Group of answer choices

Negotiation

Virtual teaming

Acquisition

Pre$-$assignment