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Project Communications Management
Project Communications Management
MANAGEMENT
Kasun Nandapala
Communication Management
• Identify Stakeholders
• Plan Communications
• Distribute Information
• Manage Stakeholder Expectations
• Reporting Performance
Identify Stakeholders
Identify Stakeholders – Tools and Techniques
• Stakeholder Analysis –
• Power-interest grid
• Power-influence grid
• Influence-impact grid
■ For the assignment given in your coursework, identify the stakeholders and draw a power
– interest grid
Plan Communications
Communication Requirement Analysis
■ Find the number of communication channels for the stakeholders that you have worked
out in Example 1
Communication Technology
• Availability of technology
• Project environment
Communication Models
Communication Methods
• Interactive communication
• Push communication
• Pull communication
Distribute Information
Tools and Techniques
■ Communication Methods – Individual and group meetings, video and audio conferences,
computer chats, etc.
– Building trust
– Resolving conflict
– Active listening
■ Management Skills
– Presentation skills
– Negotiating
– Writing skills
– Public speaking
Report Performance
Tools and Techniques
■ Variance Analysis
• an after-the-fact look at what caused a difference between the baseline and the
actual performance
Tools and Techniques
■ Forecasting Methods
• Time series methods – Earned Value, Extrapolation, etc.
• Causal/ Econometric Methods – Regression Analysis using linear or non-linear
regression
• Judgmental Methods