A product development project is facing resource allocation problems.

Team members often abandon their project activities to respond to their operational work priorities. Other times, late management decisions stall the team’s progress. The project has been constantly delayed, but the project manager argues that he does not have enough authority to act and all he can do is adjust the schedule. What is the MOST likely cause of such delays?

A. Poor human resource management planning B. Poor communications management planning C. The project being managed in a functional organization D. The project manager not implementing a change control system