A team member has completed an assigned task. Which of the following roles should be notified FIRST?

The project sponsor provides high-level oversight and funding approval, not day-to-day task tracking, so they would not be the first notified of individual task completions.

Key stakeholders receive progress updates through formal reporting cycles managed by the project manager, not directly from team members upon task completion.

The project manager is the central coordinator responsible for tracking task completion, updating the project schedule, and managing dependencies between tasks. Notifying the project manager first ensures the schedule and any dependent tasks are properly updated. Only after the project manager has assessed the impact would escalation to stakeholders or the sponsor occur.

The broader project team does not need immediate notification of every individual task completion; the project manager determines what team-wide communications are necessary.