Is There a Link Between Good Communication and Successful Projects?
From the Communication Excellence in Project Management Blog
by Bill Brantley
Although Project Managers spend 90% of their time communicating, communication in project management is the most underdeveloped skill for project managers. This blog will help Project Managers become better communicators and thus, better Project Managers.
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Before answering that question, I need to determine what makes good communication and what makes projects successful. I have some research in that area which I will share next week. But I wanted to throw these questions to the PM community for your ideas. Essentially, I am crowdsourcing for hypothesis. So, please, tell me how you would answer the following questions:
1) What is good communication?
2) What makes a successful project?
3) Is good communication a substantial factor in successful project management?
Posted on: January 26, 2015 07:47 PM |
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 | Liesbeth |
I'm really curious to find out the vision of other project managers on these questions, therefore I'll start with my vision on theses 3 questions.
1) Good communication for me means that everyone involved and in need for the communication is been receiving the information in a way that works for that person. This means that you need to use different communication channels and different wordings for the same message, to make sure everybody understands. Make it personal and make everybody feel involved.
2) I don't believe there is 1 thing that makes a succesfull project. It's a combination of things. A very important one is communication and another one is the vision, that needs to be communicated and supported by the whole management. The management has to live the vision and communicate it throughout the whole organisation, which means you need to involve everyone.
3) Yes, it is, but it's not the only one.
Thank you for commenting! I agree with all three of your points.
Luis Branco
CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª
Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Bill
Interesting perspective on the topic: "Is There a Link Between Good Communication and Successful Projects?"
Thanks for sharing
3 excellent questions
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