Project Communications Management

Developed by Zahra Al-Mosawi

Abstract

Project Communications Management is a collection of processes required to meet the information needs of a project and its stakeholders. The first part of Project Communications Management focuses on forming a strategy to assure effective communication between the Project Team and the stakeholders. The second part focuses on executing the needed activities to fulfil the formed communication strategy.

Project Communications Management includes three processes:

• Plan Communications Management – The process of establishing a proper approach and plan for project communication activities depending on the needs of the project and its stakeholders, and the available organizational resources.

• Manage Communications – The process of securing suitable and appropriate gathering, formation, distribution, storage, control, retrieval, monitoring, and disposal of project information.

• Monitor Communications – The process of assuring that the information needs of the project and its stakeholders are adequately met.

These processes are essential to ensure that the right messages are distributed, collected, and understood by the right people in the project. Additionally, they are important to the development of necessary relationships in order to generate successful project outcomes.

This article will explore the processes within Project Communications Management and reflect on theories, standards, and recommendations related to the topic.

Approaches for Project Communications Management

• This part of the article will include a description of different approaches for project communications.

Plan Communications Management

• This part of the article will include a description of the process of planning communications within a project and its application.

Manage Communications

• This part of the article will include a description of the process of managing communications within a project and its application.

Monitor Communications

• This part of the article will include a description of the process of monitoring the communications within a project and its application.

Limitations

• This part of the article will include a reflection and discussion of the theories, standards, and recommendations related to the processes included in Project Communications Management.

Annotated bibliography

• This part of the article will include tips on further readings related to the topic.