Identify and describe the processes associated with the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) area called project
communications management, which includes project
communications planning, information distribution, performance
reporting, and administrative closure.
Describe several types of reporting tools that support the
communications plan.
Apply the concept of earned value and discuss how earned value
provides a means of tracking and monitoring a project’s scope,
schedule, and budget.
Describe how information may be distributed to the project
stakeholders and the role information technology plays to support
the project communications.
Project Communications Management includes the
processes required to ensure timely and
appropriate
◦Generation
◦Collection
◦Dissemination
◦Storage, and
◦Ultimate disposition
of project information.
Communications Planning focuses on:
◦How will information be stored?
◦How will knowledge be stored?
◦What information goes to whom, when, and how?
◦Who can access what information?
◦Who will update the information and knowledge?
◦What media of communication is best?