The correct answer is A) alignment.
After spending months finalizing a marketing plan, the lead marketing manager presents it to the entire company. It soon becomes clear that the budget given in the plan is far lower than the marketing team had determined it would need. This mistake is likely a result of a lack of alignment.
This means that the marketing manager did not respect the parameters originally indicated. His numbers did not align with the necessities of the plan, which means that he did not take into consideration some important factors that at the end, affected the end result of the budget.