PMP Practice: Establish Governance Structure and Policies

Priya Chakraborty-Nair is managing a sustainability initiative at Ramen Gravity Works to redesign their product packaging using 100% recycled materials. The project follows a hybrid approach with predictive planning for regulatory compliance and agile iterations for design prototypes. During sprint planning, the marketing director insists on accelerating the timeline by two months to align with an industry trade show, while the quality manager demands additional compliance testing cycles that would extend the schedule by six weeks. The governance framework established at project initiation specifies that schedule changes exceeding 15% require steering committee approval, but decisions under that threshold can be made by the project sponsor. The proposed acceleration represents a 22% schedule compression. The project sponsor emails Lila suggesting she 'find a middle ground' and keep the committee out of it. What should Priya do?