ENGINEERING

PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
OTM-455
DR IQRA ASGHAR
FALL-2021
LECTURE 15

• Project management traits

• Project Communication Management
• Communication chart
REAL LIFE PROJECT MANAGEMENT- CLASS
ACTIVITY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCltDk_pw2E

• Identify what are the traits/abilities needed by a

manager to run project efficiently?
REAL LIFE PROJECT MANAGEMENT- CLASS
ACTIVITY

• Establish project feasibility, assumptions, constraints.

• Identify stakeholders and their interest in the project.
• Confirm organization’s willingness and capability to work on the
project.
• Check organization’s norms.
• Documentation of problems
REAL LIFE PROJECT MANAGEMENT- CLASS
ACTIVITY
• Handle the conflicts (team member or stakeholders), identify the root
cause
• Projects break down into smaller projects or activities with respective
financial analysis
• Facilitation of communication
• Corrective/preventive measures for unplanned work problems
• Outsourcing decisions (make or buy)
Project Communications Management includes the processes necessary
to ensure that the information needs of the project and its stakeholders
are met through development of artifacts and implementation of
activities designed to achieve effective information exchange.  
COMMUNICATION
IN MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
 COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

The complete process of project communications management is an

aggregation of two parts:

1.The first part deals with the development of a strategy that ensures

an effective communication system for stakeholders.
2.The second part aims to perform the activities which are required
for implementing the communication strategies.
 IN TERMS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
COMMUNICATION CAN BE OF VARIOUS TYPES:
1.Written Communication: It is one of the most precise forms of communication that
is transmitted via a correspondence medium. It can be further segregated into two
forms:
1. Written Formal: Project charter, scope statement, project plan, WBS, project status,
complex issues, contract related communications, Memos etc.
2. Written Informal: email, notes, letters, regular communication with team members
etc.

2.Oral Communication: This type of communication has a high degree of flexibility is

done through the medium of personal contact, the team meets, telephonic etc. It can be
further categorized into two forms:
1. Oral Formal: Presentations, speeches, negotiations etc.
2. Oral Informal: Conversation with team members, project meetings, break-room or
war-room conversations etc.
 IN TERMS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
COMMUNICATION CAN BE OF VARIOUS TYPES:
3. Non-Verbal Communication: It is the most basic form of communication and
approx. 55% of communication is done in this form. General examples of this
type of communication are facial expressions, hand movements, the tone of voice
while speaking, etc.
• Thank you