PMP Practice: Evaluate and Prioritize Impediments

Aditya Ranganathan is managing a hybrid project for Hygge Analytics to develop a cloud-based sustainability tracking platform. The predictive-managed infrastructure work is nearing completion, while the agile-managed feature development team is in sprint 4 of 8. The compliance officer has flagged that new environmental reporting regulations will take effect in 6 months and insists the platform must include an advanced carbon emissions calculator before launch. The product owner wants to defer this feature to a post-launch release, arguing that the current roadmap already addresses the minimum viable compliance requirements and that rushing the calculator risks delaying revenue-generating features the sales team has pre-sold to three enterprise clients. The compliance officer warns that launching without the advanced calculator could expose the company to regulatory penalties. Both stakeholders have escalated to Aditya demanding their priority be honored. The sponsor has delegated this decision to Aditya. What should Aditya do FIRST?