You have 83 project stakeholders from all across your organization. Some of the stakeholders,
such as functional management, require weekly communication from you, while other
stakeholders, such as the end users, only need quarterly progress updates. Where can you record
this communication requirements based on your stakeholder analysis?

A.
Project communications management plan

B.
Project reporting structure

C.
Project schedule

D.
Project scope management plan

Explanation:
The project communications management plan is a document to define who needs what
information, when the information is needed, and the modality the information is expected.
Stakeholder communication preferences are also recorded here. What is Project Communication
Management? Project Communications Management is one of the nine Knowledge Areas. It
employs the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection,
distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information. The following
processes are part of Project Communications Management: Identify Stakeholders
Plan Communications
Distribute information
Manage Stakeholder Expectations
Report Performance
The Project Communications Management processes provide the critical links among people and
information that are necessary for successful communications. These processes interact with each
other and with the processes in the other Knowledge Areas as well.
Answer option D is incorrect as the project scope management plan defines how the scope is
created, managed, how changes to the scope are managed, and how the scope is validated.
Answer option B is incorrect as the project reporting structure defines who reports to whom, not
the preferences and requirements for communication.
Answer option C is incorrect as the project schedule defines when project activities are to occur.