Project Brief – 2.0 Communications

Available template: Project Brief

This document is issued with the scope of providing all necessary elements for introducing and managing the project.

In the PMBook, it is called “Initiation”. In the proposed version, all “reasonable” questions are listed for probing all aspects: from commercial to technical and financial.

One of the success’s factors for managing projects is the negotiation of the correct terms. From a clear picture of what has to be delivered (when and how) it is easier to create a common ground where all stakeholders can find a match for their interests.

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There is an interesting discussion about the 2.0 Project Management, in essence the adoption of “social media” could improve the communications among the stakeholders. An increasing of volume (either in a number of exchanged messages or people reached) does not increase the quality of information; where the quality is the ability to answer to the need of knowledge.

Tools like “IM” can increase the speed of transmission and then improve the sensation of mimicking a conversation; however, when the information is left to each person’s memory, it has lost most of its value. (Written) history is at the basis of property. With no shared traces, it is extremely difficult to have any serious reference. Good willingness and cooperation are essential values that could be easily overwhelmed by the pressure produced by financial hassles.