You have been assigned as the Project Manager for a new project that involves the development of a new interface for your existing time management system. You would like to plan the communications that need to be made during the project lifecycle. Which of the following would be a critical tool/technique to help in your communications planning?
A) RAM Chart
B) Affinity Diagram
C) Stakeholder Analysis
D) Text-Oriented Chart

Question

You have been assigned as the Project Manager for a new project that involves the development of a new interface for your existing time management system. You would like to plan the communications that need to be made during the project lifecycle. Which of the following would be a critical tool/technique to help in your communications planning?
A) RAM Chart  
B) Affinity Diagram
C) Stakeholder Analysis
D) Text-Oriented Chart

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Stakeholder Analysis involves identification of the stakeholders and classifying them based on their interest, influence, and involvement in the project. This enables the project manager to focus on the relationships necessary to ensure the success of the project by planning the communications properly. Answer: B is incorrect. Affinity Diagram is a method of group creativity technique to collect requirements which allows large numbers of ideas to be sorted into groups for review and analysis. This is generally used in Scope Management and is not applicable to this question. Answer: A and D are incorrect. RAM and Text-Oriented charts are the various formats of documenting the team member roles and responsibilities and are useful as tools in developing the Human Resource Plan. These are not applicable to this question.

You Have Been Assigned as the Project Manager for a New