Communication Requirements Analysis

Communication is one of the important elements in to project to make it success. Project Manger is expected to spend 90% of the time to ensure proper communication is happening. To make it happen the project manager need to understand the stakeholder needs like when, how, what as for communication is concerned. Also project manager has to know in the given environment who is communicating to whom. This will be taken by the technique called Communication Requirements Analysis.

Also we need to identify the possible number of communication channels within the project. It is calculated using the formula n(n-1)/2 where n is number of stakeholders. For example if there are 10 people, then the number of communication channels will be 45. This helps in how much of time the project manager has to devote for the communication aspects.

The sources of analysis can be from stakeholder register, organization charts, responsibility relationships, department, external information needs like government, vendors, internal communication needs like between the functions, location, etc…

Communication Requirements Analysis technique is used under the process Plan Communications Management.