PMI Project Management Professional Practice Question
A key supplier has announced a delay in their delivery schedule, which will impact the critical path of the project. As a project manager, what is your NEXT step to manage the impact on the project?
Recommend adjustments to the project scope/backlog to accommodate the new delivery schedule
Reduce the project quality standards to maintain the schedule
Ignore the delay since the supplier should catch up
Escalate the problem to the project sponsor as this deals with critical path