A project manager has used a predictive approach with the same stakeholders for three years. Two weeks before kicking off a large, complex project, the organization strongly encourages adopting agile. What should the project manager do?

The correct answer emphasizes stakeholder collaboration and informed decision-making. As the project manager, your role is to guide stakeholders, not dictate the approach. By discussing the pros and cons of agile, you empower them to make an informed choice that aligns with their understanding and comfort level, especially given their prior experience with predictive methods. Continuing with a predictive approach (first option) ignores the organizational encouragement for agile and misses an opportunity for potential benefits. Sharing pros and cons only with the team (second option) excludes key stakeholders from a critical decision that impacts them directly. Forcing an agile approach and training stakeholders (third option) without their buy-in can lead to resistance and project failure, as it disregards their established preferences and comfort level.