You are managing a project for a large pharmaceutical company: Getbetter Inc. Your current project is to develop a new vaccine for the upcoming flu season and your schedule shows that the vaccine will be ready to ship by September 19. This is very challenging, but everything seems to be in order. Your team is working very hard and has refined all processes as much as they can. You just need to get things completed. During the execution of a project, the project begins to fall behind schedule.

Today, however, your Project Sponsor comes to see you. According to a directive from the national government, all vaccines need to be shipped by August 31. You are naturally concerned about how this may impact your project.

Questions:

1. Describe a likely impact that the earlier target date will have on each of the five other project constraints. For each impact, ensure that you describe why this impact would be likely. Do not assume that your project team members can suddenly become more efficient or productive. They are already working as best they can.

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