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This Project Management Template kit includes all of the project templates you need to start up, plan and execute projects quickly and easily.
More than 50 project templates, plans and forms are included, covering the entire Project Life Cycle. It helps you to start up, plan and execute your project quickly and easily.
The new 2009 edition of Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 is a major step in making PRINCE2 more accessible to the general project management population.
The new format, layout and clarity makes for a much easier read without losing the value of the methodology.
Project Management Methodology
Method 123 have launched a full-lifecycle Project Management Methodology which claims to increase the success and reduce the cost of delivering projects.
Can be used "out of the box", or customised for specific organisation needs.
Communications Plan
VIEW THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TEMPLATE
A Communications Plan (or Communication Plan) describes how you intend to communicate the right messages to the right people at the right time. Within a Communications Plan, the communication goals, stakeholders and strategies, activities and timeframes are described. A Communications Plan helps you keep everyone informed so that you can communicate a consistent message to your target audience.
You use a Communications Plan whenever you have a variety of staff, external suppliers, customers and stakeholders to communicate with during the project. A clear Communications Plan is critical to the success of projects, as it ensures that all of the staff and stakeholders are kept properly informed of the progress of a project. The best time to perform Communication Planning is during the start up phase of a project. This will ensure your Communications Plan includes the tasks needed to communicate effectively throughout the entire project life cycle.
See How to Create a Communications Plan
Reduce your Project Communication Costs
Traditionally project communication has involved many face to face meetings incurring large costs in time and travel. Many organisations are using new collaborative technologies to reduce project costs and improve effectiveness. One such service is GotoMeeting from Citrix.
GotoMeeting is an online tool where participants can contribute to a project meeting from multiple locations. Plans and other project documents are presented online directly from laptops and audio can be either online or via a telephone line. The ultimate in online project conferencing!
The advantages are that:
- GotoMeeting service is inexpensive and will save huge amounts in travel costs and project time
- Meetings can be arranged quickly - improving communications effectiveness
- The service is by annual or monthly subscription - you can run as many meetings as you need at no incremental cost
- You are reducing your organisation's carbon footprint
- You can try GotoMeeting for free for 30 days
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Tags: Project Management
Tags: Project Management