Project Management: Communication Plan

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management: Communication Plan
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7. Communications Plan
The project of developing a mobile application for a banking firm needs development of
a communication plan, so that the issues and concerns can be easily communicated to all the
members and stakeholders of the project team (Heagney, 2016). The communication plan that is
developed for this particular project is discussed in the sections below.
7.1. Overview/Purpose
The main purpose of developing a communication plan is to provide a relevant and
accurate project information to all the major stakeholders of the project. Effective
communication is needed within a project team in order to accomplish a particular work with
cooperation from all the stakeholders associated with a project (Marchewka, 2014).
Development of a project communication plan provides a framework of managing and
coordinating all the communication processes running within a project team (Heldman, 2018). A
communication plan for the said project is being prepared that possesses the details of the
audience in the communication plan, message, project delivery method, frequency of delivery
and communicator. It is expected that the entire project team will be following this
communication plan to communicate the project needs, project status and the project issues, with
the project team and the stakeholders of this project.
7.2. Communication Message and Delivery (Matrix)

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Audience Message Delivery Method Delivery
Frequency
Communicator
Regulatory Bodies Project Plan and status
reporting
Meeting Weekly Project Manager
Project Manager Project Specifications
and Success Criteria
Email Monthly Project Sponsor and
Project Owner
Project Team Project Updates Email and Meeting Bi-weekly Project Manager
Vendors/Suppliers Resource Needs and
materials required
Face to face meeting and email Weekly Project Manager
Project Committee Project status reports Face to Face Meeting Weekly Project Manager
Business Partners Project Progress Email Monthly Project Manager
Project Client/Banking
Firm
Project Status and
Project progress
Email Monthly Project Manager
Regulatory bodies Issues in Project Meeting Weekly Project Team
7.3 Communications Guidelines
A communication plan in a project should possess a specific set of guidelines that is to be
followed by the project team members for communication. As indicated in the matrix above,
communication among the team members and the stakeholders of the project is mainly
conducted in form of email or text or meeting. Therefore, it is necessary to design a set of
guidelines that will ensure that participants of the communication follows a planned or structured