Derive the communication plan from the plan committed in the Planning Studios. The Planner reads that plan, identifies the coordination milestones and client decision points it contains, and produces the one-page plan carried into the kickoff.
Every handoff, coordination milestone, and client decision point committed in the Studios is a communication that has to be planned. The table below reads them straight off the committed plan:
| From the committed plan | Communication it requires |
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Pulled from the roles staffed in Planning Studio 1. Hours signal who carries load, and who needs the highest communication intensity.
Each communication requirement serves the internal team, the consultant team, or the client. Set cadence, channel, decision-rights, records, and an owner for each. Defaults are derived from the committed plan. Adjust them to fit.
This is the deliverable, the second half of what the project manager presents at the kickoff. Build it from the inputs above, then carry it into Module 7.
| Audience | Cadence | Channel | Decision rights | Records | Owner |
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Lifted straight from the milestone weeks in the plan. These are the client conversations the plan schedules, each carrying a decide by date ahead of the decision that governs the phase.
Escalate on impact to scope, schedule, or fee.
The PM’s master view of the four lanes across the phase. Internal and consultant teams meet every two weeks. Client updates and major decisions fall on the milestone weeks the plan established.
The Communication Plan is saved and travels with the Oakhaven plan. Module 7 places it on the table alongside the work plan, so the team, the consultants, and the client leave the kickoff knowing what the project is and how information will move through it.
Carry it into the Kickoff →