Dorale Products Case Study at the bottom and develop a Respond to the following questions:

1. Research and discuss key communication concepts.

2. Identify communication tools which can be used to share project progress with the team.

3. Describe how you plan to communicate project work, changes and risks to the team. Which tools and techniques will you use and why?

DORALE PRODUCTS (C) PMBOK GUIDE AREA INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT SCOPE MANAGEMENT SUBJECT AREA PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS Background Dorale Products has just completed the development of a project management methodology. Although the methodology was to be used for new project development, there was hope that the methodology could be applied to other products as well.

The Meeting

VP : "Have we restricted ourselves on what type of projects we can use our methodology?"

PM : "The answer is both yes and no! Every activity in the company, regardless of the functional area, can be regarded as a project. But not all projects require the use of the methodology or even project management."

VP : "When we had these conversations months ago at the onset of this development process, you convinced me that we were managing our business by projects. Are you now changing your mind?"

PM : "Not at all. The main skill requirement for our project managers is integration management. The greater the integration requirements, the greater the need for project management."

VP : "Now I'm really confused. First you tell me that all projects need project management, and now you say that not all projects need the use of a methodology. What am I missing here?"