Homework: Communication
Length: 4 to 5 pages.
In this homework, you will outline a communications plan for your project that is designed to keep stakeholders informed of the projects status, decisions, changes, and other issues that affect the project. You will complete a communications management plan template, found in the Resources, to identify the who, what, when, and how of your communications plan. Make sure to include communications for each of the five project management process groups: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure. An effective document includes enough information to guide and inform all relevant stakeholders on communication methods and protocols. Notice, the plan itself is a form of communication.
Remember, employees, customers, vendors, contractors, suppliers, and other relevant parties should be considered in your plan.
Change Management
In this control and monitoring phase of the project you will make a change on your project (affecting the scope, timing or budget) that requires the creation of a change management process that includes elements of how you communicate, authorize, and track the changes through project completion.
Directions
Complete both parts of this homework.
Part I: Communication Plan
Develop a communications plan for your project. Complete both of the following:
i. Complete the Communication Management Plan template (found in the Resources) to describe how communication will be handled within your project. Make modifications needed to the template as required to ensure the plan is exactly as you want it. Make sure to include each of the five process groups.
ii. Explain why you chose your communication techniques, tools, model, et cetera, for this project and how they serve your virtual team.
Part II: Change Management Plan
Imagine and describe a change to the scope or budget of your project. Then do the following:
i. Explain how the change is likely to affect the project. Consider the budget, schedule and scope.
ii. Define a change management process that includes how the process will be used to communicate, authorize, and track changes on your project.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.