PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
COURSE OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this module is to enable you to achieve better communications
effectiveness in the project. It involves everything that relates to information in the project
and its impacts on the sucess or failure of a project. This module will allow you to identify
the different types of communication and the strategies for implementing them.We will
also discuss the professional responsibilities involved in the project communications
management.
LEARN TO
In this course, the attendees will learn
 The context of communications management;
 The project phases;
 The project communications processes;
 The objectives of a Communication Plan;
 Teams;
 Meetings;
 Data and Document Management, and Systems Integration.
COURSE INFORMATION
 Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
 Public: On-site and in company classes. 
 Duration: 16hours.
 PDU’s: 16.
METHODOLOGY
Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process,
including
 Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources.
 Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
 Demonstrations and computer simulations
 Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
 Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups
Project Communications Management
Copyright 2008 by Ricardo Viana Vargas.
All Right Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited.

COURSE CONTENT
 Communications Plan components
Course opening
The context of Communications Teams
Management
 Concept and characteristics
 Defining communications  The formation of a team
 The main misconceptions about the
management
 Rationale and the objectives of size of a team
 The phases of development and
communications
 The importance of information formation of a team (Tuckman)
 The benefits and flaws of  Team priorization exercise
communications
Meetings
 The communications process and
 Meetings as an effective
how it supports the project
communications tool
The project phases
 Meeting and their negative aspects
 The 5 project phases  Obstacles found by the facilitator
 The overlapping of phases in the  Problematic people
 Preparing for a meeting
PMBOK
 The interference of the phases in 
the project communications
Data management; Document and Systems
management
Integration
 The 44 processes that constitute
the PMBOK Guide – 3rd Edition
 DMS – Document Management
The Project Communications Management
processes System
 DI - Document Imaging
 Communications planning
 DM - Document Management
 Information distribution
 COLD/ERM
 Performance reporting
 Forms Processing (OCR/ICR)
 Manage stakeholders
 RM - Records Management
 CM - Content Management
Communications Plan
 Information receivers and context Course Close-out
 Communications process
MORE INFORMATION
Phone: +55-31-3024-3003
Fax: +55-31-3024-3005
e-mail: treinamento@macrosolutions.com.br
Project Communications Management
Copyright 2008 by Ricardo Viana Vargas.
All Right Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited.