Effective Communications in Project Management

According to, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) (4th.Ed.), “Project managers spend the majority of their time communicating with team members and other project stakeholders, whether they are internal (at all organizational levels) or external to the organization” (PMI, 2008, p. 274). The PMI also suggests that project managers should spend 90% of their time communicating. Statistics shows that 20% projects are unsuccessful because of ineffective communication (Figure 1).

The paper is divided into three sections, the first of which will establish a timeline of events. This project background will serve as a case study for the analysis in the following section that will be structured such that each of the previously mentioned facets will be independently analyzed and contrasted with project management principles. Finally the paper will conclude with a summary of the analysis and recommendations based on

In the current business environment, the demand for project managers is ever growing. In short, project management is a provisional project constrained by time, cost and scope (A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 2013). Between the immense organization, optimization, and communication assets skilled project management brings to a project, it is easy to see why project management is a booming field of study. Furthermore, project management can be both financially and personally rewarding when long term milestones and goals come to fruition.

This exercise discusses the membership, social identity, and mechanics operating within the team informally known as ERAU Nighthawks. This team, originally assembled as Group 3, formed by instructor assignment during the August 2016 section of class PGMT 502 Effective Communication for Managing Projects. In addition to the group mechanics, this paper includes a discussion of the best practices for ERAU graduate course meetings discovered by the Nighthawks.

In the recent PMI’s 2013 ‘Pulse of the Profession’ report, it has been clarified that the most crucial success factor in project management is effective communication within all the stakeholders. The research also finds that effective communication leads to more qualitative and productive works, hence allowing organizations to become highly effective in the

Using project management offers a business a way for dealing with considerably lowered phase times. With businesses operating internationally projects that can have an effect on the company as a whole are not easy to manage without a proper line of attack. For this, project management would help cross functional teams to be more successful.

Identifying and communicating with project stakeholders in the initial phase is all about recognizing and speaking to influence, and thus the information that needs to be communicated to each individual stakeholder should speak to their individual area(s) of influence (Sanghera, 2010; Hendrickson, 2008). For the project at hand, homeowners near proposed highway should be given information regarding the benefits to their communities and the ways in which traffic and noise issues will be controlled, while stakeholders directly involved in carrying out the project will need information regarding the other stakeholders, obstacles, and accomplishments so that they can effectively plan.

Before Construction Science students embark on their semester long internship, they are required to complete lower-level courses. This internship has applied to real-world situations the lessons we had learned in class. In my Estimating I and my Estimating II class we learned how to measure materials and price them. This was a skill that was applied all throughout my internship as mentioned in the past slides. Per my Project Management class, effective communication was taught. Since I am bilingual, I am able to communicate in English and Spanish. There was no excuse of a language barrier that should hinder the understanding of tasks. I had an advantage being able to communicate in their native language. While working with the non-profit organization, we were required to submit bids in a timely manner. My Project Planning class taught me how to create schedules and to follow them as well to meet deadlines.

Organizations leaders are facing difficult challenges because of the rapid changes in government and technology, which has created pressure in organizations. The aforementioned changes have made way for a new type of management; project management, far different from the traditional structure for managing. This document will describe the definition of a project. The paper will also touch basis on the basic phases of the project life cycle and their purposes, and why it is important for organizations to use project management to accomplish tasks.

Gido, Clements.(2012,2009). Successful Project Management, 5th ed., 5th Edition.: Project Communication and Documentation. Mason, OH: South Western Cengage Language.

This paper explores the importance of team communication and the various avenues available for effective

So take a step back, a great place to start is having our project managers (or producers) play a very large role in holding the team accountable to meeting some shared objectives. As creative organizations, we need to hold our project managers (or

Change is inevitable in this innovative era and the advancement in technology. Companies need to adapt to this change in order to be competitive in the market, otherwise the company will ultimately fail. Consumers preferences are constantly changing, as a result, the competitive markets need to satiate the consumer’s wants. A few sectors that our group will explore are the automotive industry, telecommunication and the Internet. We will examine the companies’ project management and the way their respective leaders handle changes. Project management is when a manager is assigned to be responsible coordinating tasks on a specific project. In order to adapt rapid change and manage project management, the company must have an effective communication strategy for the project management office (PMO), understand the project management process, and lastly have the proper project management training.

Project management involves carefully organized and planned efforts channeled towards the accomplishment of a particular task. Projects encompass activities such as implementing new computer systems or constructing a new office. Projects require careful monitoring from the start to the completion. One person mandated to take charge of projects is a project manager. Project managers experience complications from project management. The challenges arise from the dynamic environment in which the managers function (Barker & Cole 2014). Project management dynamic environment consist of day-to-day operations, user community, geographically disbursed members, outsourced staff, and internally employed personnel. The dynamic environment compels a

The PMO, led by the Project Manager, will take a proactive role in ensuring effective communications on this project. The communications requirements are documented in the Communications Matrix presented in this document. The Communications Matrix will be used as the guide for what information to communicate, who is to do the communicating, when to communicate it, how it will be communicated and to whom to communicate.