When updating the project plan due to scope changes, what should you communicate?

When updating the project plan due to scope changes, what should you communicate?

• A. Proceed with the new scope without adjusting timelines.
• B. Implications and timeline changes.
• C. Only cost implications.
• D. Delay communication to avoid upsetting the client.

Answer: (B)

When scope changes, you must communicate the implications and how the timeline will be affected. In practice, this means sharing what the change means for the schedule—which tasks are added, moved, or removed, and the updated completion dates—along with any ripple effects on cost, resources, and risk. This transparency lets stakeholders reassess priorities, approve revised timelines, and set realistic expectations. Options that focus only on cost, or that skip adjusting timelines, or that delay communication, miss essential parts of how a scope change reshapes the plan and could lead to misalignment, unmet deadlines, or budget overruns.

When scope changes, you must communicate the implications and how the timeline will be affected. In practice, this means sharing what the change means for the schedule—which tasks are added, moved, or removed, and the updated completion dates—along with any ripple effects on cost, resources, and risk. This transparency lets stakeholders reassess priorities, approve revised timelines, and set realistic expectations.

Options that focus only on cost, or that skip adjusting timelines, or that delay communication, miss essential parts of how a scope change reshapes the plan and could lead to misalignment, unmet deadlines, or budget overruns.