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Select a challenge from the Top 10 Challenges of a Project Manager article. In your post, discuss how this challenge is relevant in project scheduling.

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The solution discusses the impact of scope change on the schedule of the project.

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One of the challenges for a project manager is scope change in the middle of the project. Scope changes occur during a project due to lack of clear project requirements at the planning stage or due to changes in the external environment ...

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