Communications Plan Template
If you are the Project Manager on a project whose complexity level has been
calculated to be Low, Medium or High, you will need to develop a
Communications Plan. The purpose of a Communications Plan is to insure
that all stakeholders in your project are kept informed of the project’s status
and developments most relevant to them. As Project Managers, you should
work with each stakeholder to determine the type and amount of information
they need, along with the communications vehicle and delivery method that
will best serve that intended audience. If your project’s deliverables will
have a significant impact on a sizeable audience you should consider
developing a marketing plan as part of the overall Communications Plan.
Contact Hope Adams in Technology Services for assistance with a
marketing plan to fit your project needs.
For each entry into the required Communications Plan in PMIT:
1. Title – determine a title for each communications type
2. Author – identify the person responsible for producing each
communications type
3. Purpose – identify the reason why each communications type is
needed
4. Audience – identify the recipients of each communications type
5. Distribution Vehicle – identify how each communications type will be
made available to the audience
6. Frequency – identify how often each communications type will be
produced and made available to the audience
For more information on the type and contents of the above data fields in
PMIT, refer to the Communications Plan guide in the Instructions area of the
PMO Web site.