You are the project manager for the GHY Project. This project has stakeholders, both internal and
external, that need to receive performance reports from you on a regular basis. You have decided
that in addition to emailing the weekly performance report, you will also keep the performance
reports available on your secured project management Website. The Website is an example of
what type of communication reporting?

A.
Pull

B.
Push

C.
Passive

D.
Asynchronous

Explanation:
A Website is an example of a pull communication. This means the information is available, but the
reader must go to the source and retrieve the information. Pull communication is defined by what
the reader wants and what interests he has in retrieving the information. In other words, the
information is available, but the reader must go to the source and retrieve the information. This
type of communication is used by advertising agencies to draw clients into retail establishments to
receive messages. Customers decide on when and how they will act on the messages in the pull
model of communications. Some virtual examples of pull communication are:
Blogs
Wikipedia
Websites
Answer option D is incorrect. This does not describe the communication model or how information
is distributed.
Answer option C is incorrect. Passive communication is a not a project management term to
describe communications.
Answer option B is incorrect. Push communication describes the process of delivering the
communication to the recipients, such as through email.