You are parachuted into a failing project (10 senior and junior developers in the team, flat hierarchy). There are issues:Team members arent getting along with each otherSenior developers are mainly focusing on development, and no adequate quality assurance (QA) is doneThere are often conflicts about the project design decisions tooAs a result, the project suffers significant delays, customer satisfaction is low, the team morale is low, and it is gradually losing motivation to finish the work.As a project manager, you have the following action options: Bring in external and more experienced QA people or promote promising junior members to those rolesBring in external and more experienced solution architects or promote senior high performers to tech leadership rolesConsider bringing more junior people to do less creative work To do:Pick an action option from the list above or suggest your own to turn the project around. Explain your choice.Define your plan for the implementation of the optionCritically discuss: Issues in implementing the program (what could go wrong?)Potential benefits (what is in it for you and the organization?)
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