One fact. Three audiences.

Your team has confirmed that a project will finish two weeks later than planned. You must explain the delay to three different people. The facts stay the same, but the information each person needs may differ.

In Same Message, Different Audience, your goal is to adapt your English without changing the truth.

1. Write three versions. Tell (a) a close colleague, (b) a customer expecting delivery, and (c) a senior manager. Keep each version to two sentences.
2. Choose what matters. Decide what each audience most needs to know: the new timing, the practical consequences, the cause (if known) or the next action.
3. Check for honesty. Make sure no version invents a reason for the delay or promises a new delivery date more precise than “two weeks later”.

Extra challenge: A colleague suggests telling the customer it is “a minor scheduling adjustment”. Would that be helpful diplomacy or misleading language? Defend your answer.