Communications and Control

In this unit, you are required to complete the following sections: Communications Management and Tracking
and Status Updates. Refer to your unit lesson (from this unit and last unit) and required unit resources to
advance your project plan. For this unit, create the sections listed below.
Communications Management: Identify all critical communications channels for project stakeholders, frequency
of communications, types of information to be communicated, and the project status-tracking plan. Where
appropriate, include electronic media used for collaborative purposes (e.g., Google Docs, Yammer, and
Facebook). Also, in cases of geographically dispersed project teams, indicate methods for regular
communications. Please review the discussion from Chapter 6 on team communication methods. An example
of a communications management protocol is shown on p. 541 of your textbook.
Tracking and Status Updates: Indicate the methods the project team will use to regularly update the project
status, including methods for tracking project progress, and identify which organizational stakeholders receive
notification of the project status.
7.1 Tracking Method: Show the method used to track project status (e.g., S-curve, earned value, milestones).
Indicate the regularity of these assessments (i.e., monthly, as needed, or upon completion of major
deliverables). For earned value assessments, indicate how you will provide updated cost performance index
(CPI) and schedule performance index (SPI) data. See p. 542 of your textbook.
7.2 Notification Record: Provide a record of project status update communications. Indicate who received
project updates, and show sign-off by key stakeholders upon their receipt of status updates.
7.3 Control Systems: Indicate the forms of project control to be used for the project, including configuration
control, design control, quality control, document control, and trend monitoring. Develop control documentation
for each form of control you intend to use, including a list of key organizational stakeholders who will be copied
on all control documents and status updates.