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Communication Constraints in a complex project

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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
When the project manager establishes good communication within the team, everyone can work harmoniously. However, there are many communication constraints that limit the success of the project.

1. Orgnaizational structure/ project structure
2. Commuincatcion channels
3. Gossips
4. Culture
5. Language barrier

What else you can add ? or comment
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Mahabubur Rahman Project Manager Structures-Bridges| Department of Infrastructure, Government of Nothwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Time zone, not easy-to use technology.
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1 reply by Kevin Drake
Apr 25, 2018 9:02 PM
Kevin Drake
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Forgot about that one, tell us more about your experience with it,

Huston and Perth about 11- 12 hours of struggle to communicate
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- distributed teams
- filtering good communication from bad
- unwillingness to share information
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1 reply by Kevin Drake
Apr 25, 2018 9:05 PM
Kevin Drake
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SPOT ON "unwillingness to share information", Sante, how much time we spend to get information from these type of people ??
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Tuan Son Nguyen Southport, Queensland, Australia
There are a few things might effect:
- Lack of project information transparency
- Conflicting or missing project information
- Project information overload
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1 reply by Kevin Drake
Apr 25, 2018 9:03 PM
Kevin Drake
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I think you are hitting the very sensitive area
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Apr 25, 2018 8:16 PM
Replying to Mahabubur Rahman
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Time zone, not easy-to use technology.
Forgot about that one, tell us more about your experience with it,

Huston and Perth about 11- 12 hours of struggle to communicate
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1 reply by Mahabubur Rahman
Apr 26, 2018 11:25 AM
Mahabubur Rahman
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Kevin, I just tried to add something to your list, but got hard time to differentiate between communication constraints and communication blockers.

Time zone: With my current project, my consultant's location is Toronto (EST) and my location is Yellowknife (MST). For web conferences and trouble shooting, I always need to consider time difference-due to which sometimes things get delayed.

Not easy to use technology: When I go for highway inspection, I use to carry satellite phone, due to non availability of cellular net works. The satellite technology is some times annoying, cause I need to stop when driving and setup antenna otherwise lots of noise.
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Apr 25, 2018 8:39 PM
Replying to Tuan Son Nguyen
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There are a few things might effect:
- Lack of project information transparency
- Conflicting or missing project information
- Project information overload
I think you are hitting the very sensitive area
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Apr 25, 2018 8:33 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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- distributed teams
- filtering good communication from bad
- unwillingness to share information
SPOT ON "unwillingness to share information", Sante, how much time we spend to get information from these type of people ??
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Apr 25, 2018 9:07 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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It's like getting blood from a stone.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Apr 25, 2018 9:05 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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SPOT ON "unwillingness to share information", Sante, how much time we spend to get information from these type of people ??
It's like getting blood from a stone.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Those are all Communication Blockers, not constraints. I would add distance too.
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Ghahreman Abouzar Commissioning specialist| Protech Engineering.Inc Port Coquetlam,, British Columbia, Canada
Lack of transparency is one of the key factors in causing communication dispute.
Verbal communication.
Unnecessary information that decrease the importance of effective information
Layout of information. I remember that a famous contractor had added some options in its proposal in different unrelated subjects and had notified that execution some parts of project under extra phase or agreement will be done. .
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2 replies by Tuan Son Nguyen
Apr 25, 2018 10:32 PM
Tuan Son Nguyen
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I do agree with you that lack of transparency is one of the main problems.
Apr 25, 2018 10:34 PM
Tuan Son Nguyen
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Hi, I tried to connect with you but I do not know why I can not send the invitation to connect.
Please send the connect request, so I can connect with you.
Best Regards,
Tuan
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Tuan Son Nguyen Southport, Queensland, Australia
Apr 25, 2018 10:28 PM
Replying to Ghahreman Abouzar
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Lack of transparency is one of the key factors in causing communication dispute.
Verbal communication.
Unnecessary information that decrease the importance of effective information
Layout of information. I remember that a famous contractor had added some options in its proposal in different unrelated subjects and had notified that execution some parts of project under extra phase or agreement will be done. .
I do agree with you that lack of transparency is one of the main problems.
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