An organization is transitioning to agile delivery and projects are structured as Scrum teams. In a project initiation workshop, an SME notes there may be legal constraints, but the legal team is not listed in the project brief. What should the project lead do?

The correct answer is to add the legal department to the list of stakeholders and contact them to discuss the project scope. This is the most proactive and appropriate step. Legal constraints are critical and can significantly impact a project. Identifying and engaging this new stakeholder early ensures these constraints are understood and addressed, preventing potential issues later. Asking the solutions architect to contact legal and create epics is premature and delegates a critical stakeholder identification task inappropriately. Advising the SME that no legal requirements are in the brief and continuing the workshop ignores a vital piece of information and creates risk. Asking the project sponsor to contact the legal department is an option, but the project lead is responsible for stakeholder management and should initiate this engagement directly.