What is the importance of communications management?

• Project managers spend more than% of their time communicating with team members and other project stakeholders — internal (at all organizational levels) or external to the organization. 

• The project manager should effectively and efficiently communicate with stakeholders.  

• Managing communications is very vital for any project. 

• Although the project manager should pay a lot of attention to managing communications, he cannot control all the communications, because there are just too many channels. The formula used to calculate the total number of communications channels is n*{(n-1)/2}, where n refers to the number of stakeholders. 

• The project manager uses a variety of communication methods to share information among stakeholders. He or she should decide what, how, and when to use each communication method. 

• A failure in communication can have a negative impact on the project. 

International trainer ENG . Hassan Shalaby