Question

3. Explain with examples the six columns a communication matrix should contain.

4. What are the key important functions of communication to stakeholders?

Answer 1

Which three major criteria should you consider when prioritizing stakeholders?

It's important to know about the stakeholders when starting a project. Project stakeholders are those who are individual or group, who affect or be affected by a project activities or final outcome. Stakeholders also provide resources to a project such as people, materials, equipments, other materials, etc. along with the rules and laws monitoring. Stakeholders who are important for a project, are needed to be prioritized based on certain criteria such as urgency, interest, power, influence, legitimacy, etc. Three of the criteria which I may consider choosing would be power, influence and interest. The stakeholders who have the greatest hold on power have the ability to make major changes in a project or can highly affect a project. They also can influence others through their decisions. Those stakeholders should be given the most priority as they can shut down a project or can restart a project if they wants.

What are the key important functions of communication to stakeholders

The three types of project communications timing schedules are as follows:

• Regular schedule: Project progress communication is required in regular basis. Common in organizations that follow a formal structure.

• Project life cycle: Project progress communications are generally required after the completion of every major step in the project.

• Need-based: Communication regarding project progress is conveyed on demand particularly on the demand of the stakeholders.