Formerly DPS 16486 Project Management IV: Mastering Project Communication

On completion of this course, students will:

• Apply communications strategies to meet objectives and motivate their audience;
• Identify project stakeholders;
• Analyze stakeholder needs and prepare appropriate communications strategy;
• Prepare a project communications plan;
• Manage project sponsor relationships;
• Describe the criteria for using a project steering committee;
• Establish scope management priorities;
• Manage project issues, changes and decisions;
• Prepare project progress, status, review and closure reports;
• Describe the relationships among projects, programs and portfolios;
• Prepare program coordination and portfolio investment reports;
• Make effective project presentations;
• Describe the differences between leaders and managers;
• Exert influence on project stakeholders;
• Apply principled negotiation techniques to acquire project resources.