Stakeholders ask the program manager to assess reasons for the project’s delay and provide a report. Also, the program manager must identify steps to be taken to ensure the program will finish on time and within budget. The program manager distributes information in accordance with which of the following?

The core task described is the assessment and distribution of a report to stakeholders regarding program status. The Communications Management Plan is the specific subsidiary plan that defines how program information will be planned, structured, distributed, and monitored. It answers the questions of who receives what information, when, and through which channels. The request for a report on delays and corrective actions is a communication artifact, and its distribution is explicitly governed by this plan to ensure stakeholders receive timely and appropriate information.

A. The stakeholder engagement plan outlines strategies for involving stakeholders and managing their expectations, not the specific mechanics of information distribution.
B. The program governance charter establishes the high-level framework for oversight and decision-making, not the operational details of communication processes.
C. The schedule management plan defines how the program schedule is developed and controlled, not how information and reports about the schedule are communicated.

1. Project Management Institute. (2017). The Standard for Program Management (4th ed.). Section X3.6.1.2, Communications Management Plan, Page 69. "The communications management plan is a component of the program management plan that describes how, when, and by whom information about the program will be administered and disseminated."

2. Project Management Institute. (2017). The Standard for Program Management (4th ed.). Section X3.6, Program Communications Management, Page 68. "Program Communications Management includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of program information."

3. Project Management Institute. (2017). The Standard for Program Management (4th ed.). Section X3.4.1.2, Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Page 59. This plan "identifies the strategies and actions required to promote productive involvement of stakeholders in program decision making and execution." This confirms its focus is on strategy, not the logistics of distribution.