A project manager has a team of shared resources from other projects who are working on a client project. Three days before the project is due. The team informs the project manager that the project will be delayed because a component was not delivered on time. Competing priorities of the shared resources are delaying delivery of the component.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this delay from happening?

A project manager is leading a virtual IT project with a remote team. A team member tells the project manager that they do not know if they can finish on time because they are unaware of the other team members' progress.
What can the project manager do to resolve this conflict?

During the course of a project, the project manager's immediate director is communicating directly with the client to approve changes without the project manager's knowledge. This is causing confusion in the project team where the scope is changing in the background, but only being mentioned in project meetings.
How should the project manager handle this?

In a highly politicized organizational environment, the stakeholders are driven by their own operational or business goals, which results in conflicting interests regarding the project. What should the project manager do to steer the stakeholders toward the collective project goal?

A project manager has received feedback from stakeholders regarding poor communication about project progress. Weekly status reports were provided to the project management office (PMO), and the standard communications management plan was followed.
What should the project manager do?