Communication Plan for Public Health Informatics Project

Running head: IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IT Project Management
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1. The current Communication Plan....................................................................................2
2. Communication Plan assessment Vs Project Management Practice...............................3
3. Recommendations............................................................................................................4
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................5
References............................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The communication plan developed for the project is considered to be a policy driven
approach of providing the needed information to the project stakeholders. The communication
plan that is prepared for the project mainly defines the information to be delivered to the project
stakeholders and the channels for communication [5]. The aim of the report is to compare the
communication plan that is developed for the public health informatics project. In order to ensure
that all the information are effectively communicated to the stakeholders of the project, a
communication plan is developed [2]. Since the aim of the communication plan is to
communicate all the information associated with the project in an effective manner, the
effectiveness of the communication plan will be examined on basis of the functionality of the
communication plan that is prepared.
1. The current Communication Plan
The public health informatics project had earlier failed because of ineffective
communication process. One of the most significant needs of implementing a communication
plan is engaging the stakeholders of the project in effective communication [7]. The current
communication plan that is developed for improving the health informatics project seems to be
quite effective. The current communication plan that is developed provides an idea of the key
stakeholders of the project, the stakeholders’ issues, the messages to be communicated and the
timings of the communication. The project previously failed due to the lack of proper
communication among the project team and the project stakeholders [6]. This was one of the
significant reasons behind the project failure of the project. The current communication plan that
is developed aims in engaging the project team in a collaborative process. The current