Unrealistic deadlines are common and one of the biggest project management problems. Supposing, your team is going to work on a project for an online education institution. The clients want their project to be delivered as quickly as possible and give unrealistic deadline. On the other hand, clients also want their project to be developed as efficiently as possible and without any bugs. A successful project manager knows that asking their team members to meet an unrealistic deadline will significantly affect their productivity and morale and may lead to project timeline slip. What solution are you going to suggest as a project manager to keep both clients and resources? Choose the best option.

• First, you will explain to the clients that their deadline is unrealistic and unachievable and it is impossible to fulfill the project in time. Then you can suggest an alternative one, concerning the real capacity of internal and external resources.
• First of all, you will discuss the deadline with the client and figure out unknown factors that drive it. Then you need to create an agile plan, perform alternative analysis, and ensure proper communication between stakeholders and the development team.
• First of all, you will clarify to the clients that within the deadline they suggest your project may have a number of gaps and bugs. Then you need to explain that you will anyway tie up the loose ends within a short period of time to please the stakeholders.

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