32. A pro1ect ha:. had ~ome problem:., but now seems under control. In the last few months, almo~t all the reserve ha ~ been used, and mo~t of the negative impacts of events that had been predicted haw occurred. There are only four acuvitie5 lcft, .md two of them are on the crit1c.1l path.

Management now informs the project m.rnager that it would be in the performing organization's best interest to finish the project two weeks earlier than scheduled in order to receive an additional profit.

In resp onse, the project manager sends out a request for proposal for some work that the team was going to do, hoping to find another company that might be able to do the work faster. The project manager can best be said to be atkmpting to work with:

A. Reserves B. Opportunities C. Scope validation D. 111reats