Communication Management Plan Question

Communications Management

Martin Premont Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

According to PMI PMBOK 6th edition. Communication Management Plan is there any such thing as including communication schedule(if there's such a thing)? As in, is there's such thing as a pre-defined schedule for your communication?
I'm not referring to cadence but to a communication schedule with specific dates?

Posted: Feb 23, 2019 7:11 PM

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Martin Premont Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Feb 24, 2019 7:13 AM

Replying to Thomas Walenta

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The PMBoK Section 13 is called Stakeholder Management and it encompasses Identify stakeholders, as well as plan, manage and monitor stakeholder engagement.

The Communications Management Plan as described in 10.1.3.1 includes 'timeframe and frequency for the distribution of required information ...'. For me that sounds like a schedule.

Indeed PMI uses the term timeframe and frequency which is in the Stakeholder Engagement Plan. We all know PMI and how they approach their tests. Does timeframe and frequency are actually considered to be part of a schedule process in Communications?

Here's what happened.

I'm taking multiple online courses for PMP, the usual ones Joseph Phillips, Cornelius Fichtner (both great instructors by the way) But I also take an in-class course in a local college and the instructor mentioned in Plan Communication a to set a schedule!. I think I know what he meant but used the wrong term and definition to explain timeframe and frequency for communications with stakeholder. I might be extremely picky but for those who are studying for PMP or just passed their PMP very recently the word schedule in Communications and Stakeholders does not exist! There's no mention anywhere that says that on October 16 2019 Group X stakeholders will receive a form of communications

Posted: Feb 25, 2019 10:26 AM

Steve Ratkaj Ontario, Canada

Martin;

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but from a recent project plan under project reporting we a have table that lists ``project reviews and reports``. In the table we list the types of typically scheduled meetings with stakeholders. It includes the meeting type/ name, frequency, OPI, detail, audience, and method. Frequency can be specified as; at least annually, as deemed necessary, quarterly, as requested, weekly, monthly, bi-weekly, etc.

Cheers;

Steve

Posted: Feb 25, 2019 12:14 PM

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