A project manager of Cyber Channels In is assigning resources to her current project. At the end of the day, the director of engineering angrily calls her because one of his senior systems administrators has been assigned to the project without his consent. At this stage, what is the best way to keep this resource?

Project managers commonly acquired the needed resource for their projects through negotiation. In this case, it is most ideal for the project manager to have approached the director of engineering for approval; however, at this stage, the optimum option was to attempt to negotiate with this director. Only when it is detrimental to the project, should the project sponsor get involved.