Planning for communication in project

1.0 Introduction

Project manager / planner tend to overlook certain elements of planning which are essential and are required for Successful delivery of the project. Fundamental factors that contribute to defining success of projects are identifying stakeholder needs, gap assessment, planning, communication, execution, monitoring and closer. The wiki article highlights the role and application of communication plan based on prince 2 best practices methodologies. Communication management strategies and adopted approaches for execution are paramount in defining whether project is a success or a project management success. The emphasis of the article will be on highlighting how having a communication plan contributes towards delivering successful project. The article will consist of all the essential element that are required to design a meticulous communication plan. Project that achieves its desired output identified within its allocated budget covering all of it scope is known to be successful projects. In large corporation, due to abundance of resources and involvement of stakeholders with different area of expertise often complicates the process and simultaneously derails efficiency. Communication planning in project plays an important role in mitigating this risk; therefore, it is essential that the project manager hired are also experienced in designing communication plan and understand the role of communication in project. A project management professional will have the acumen and the knowledge to assess gaps and connect dots through gap analysis activity but equally important is also his ability to communicate with both internal and external stakeholders in the project.