Project Management for Trainers: Stop "Winging It" and Get Control of Your Training Projects

Creating a Stakeholder Communication Plan

The success of a project often depends as much on the stakeholders and their perceptions as it does on the project manager and real work. A terrible mistake that many people make as they manage development projects for learning events is that they neglect to communicate proactively with the stakeholders. A stakeholder communication plan lays the groundwork for consensus and buy-in on an ongoing basis.

The scope diagram discussed earlier (see figure 2.1) is a good starting place for a communication plan. Each square represents people with whom communication is essential. With a little additional brainstorming, other people can be added to the list who are less directly affected by the project but who ...