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?
Reduce the project quality standards to maintain the schedule
Recommend adjustments to the project scope/backlog to accommodate the new delivery schedule
Ignore the delay since the supplier should catch up
Escalate the problem to the project sponsor as this deals with critical path
Recommending adjustments to the project scope or product backlog is the PMI-aligned next step when an external event, such as a supplier delay, threatens the critical path. The project manager should work with the team to analyze schedule impacts, explore options like resequencing tasks, shifting backlog items, or activating schedule reserves, and then present the recommended alternative through the change-control process for stakeholder approval. Ignoring the delay forfeits proactive management, reducing quality erodes value, and escalating before assessing options abdicates the manager's responsibility to lead issue resolution.
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