John works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. He is working on a high-profile project with 80
stakeholders and he needs to express to his project team and to the management the importance
of communication in the project. He would like to show the number of stakeholder communication
channels in the project. Based on this information how many communication channels exist within
this project?

A.
3000

B.
79

C.
80

D.
3160

Explanation:
Communication channels are paths of communication with stakeholders in a project. The number
of communication channels shows the complexity of a project’s communication and can be
derived through the formula shown below: Total Number of Communication Channels = n (n-1)/2
where, n is the number of stakeholders. Hence, a project having five stakeholders will have ten
communication channels. Putting the number of stakeholders in the formula we can get the
required communication channel for the project. It is (80 x 79)/2 for 3,160 communication
channels.