A Project Manager is in the execution phase of a highly visible project and a major milestone is due in one week. The Project Manager has discovered that a vendor’s deliverable for this milestone will be two weeks late. What should the PM do?

a. Do not report this problem in the status meeting.

b. Meet with the team and brainstorm about how to create a workaround for this problem.

c. Halt all payments to the vendor until the deliverable is received.

d. Report the status of the missed milestone.