Based on the case study given, write a short summary on how to help in managing the communication Peter Gumpert worked his way up the corporate ladder in a large telecommunicationscompany. He was intelligent, competent, and a strong leader, but the company's newfiber-optic undersea telecommunications program was much larger and more compli-cated than anything he had previously worked on, let alone managed. This programconsisted of several distinct projects, and Peter was in charge of overseeing them all. Thechanging marketplace for undersea telecommunications systems and the large numberof projects involved made communications and flexibility critical concerns for Peter. Formissing milestone and completion dates, his company would suffer financial penaltiesranging from thousands of dollars per day for smaller projects to more than 8250,000 perday for larger projects. Many projects depended on the success of other projects, so Peterhad to understand and actively manage those critical interfaces.Peter held several informal and formal discussions with the project managers whoreported to him on the program. He worked with them and his projecet executive assis-tant, Christine Braun, to develop a communications plan for the program. He was stillunsure, however, about the best way to distribute information and manage all of the in-evitable changes that would occur. He also wanted to develop consistent ways for projectmanagers to develop their plans and track performance without stifling their creativityand autonomy. Christine suggested that they consider using some new communica-tions technologies to keep important project information up to date and synchronized.Although Peter knew a lot about telecommunications and laying fiber-optic lines, he wasnot an expert in using information technology (IT) to improve the communication pro-cess. In fact, that was part of the reason he had asked Christine to be his assistant. Couldthey really develop a process for communicating that would be flexible and easy to use?Time was of the essence, as more projects were being added to the fiber-optic underseatelecommunications program every week.

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