text: It's the project manager's responsibility to be in constant communication with the project team and stakeholders. This tutorial will discuss:
  A project manager should continually check with team members to make sure they have what they need to complete their work, and that nothing is acting as a roadblock.
  Communication is critical because it helps identify issues early, which often makes troubleshooting problems easier. Some communication methods are email, meetings, presentations, and online communication tools.
  In fact, the most important aspect of a project manager's role can be communications. Since everyone else is focused on their tasks, it's the project manager's duty to provide the connection between all the tasks, and that's done with communication. That's why the project manager develops a communication plan in the planning phase of a project, and it's why that plan must then be implemented well by the project manager. Communications should be consistent and continuous throughout a project's lifecycle.
  One method that project managers use to communicate project status to the team and stakeholders is through a project status report. This report should be created and distributed on a regular schedule.This report contains the following details that communicate the current status of the project: the state of the schedule and the budget already consumed by a project; the progress on the deliverables; and any issues that arose during the last reporting cycle, and how those issues are currently being addressed.
  A status report can use a dashboard style of reporting. This is when a color coding system is used to visually communicate the status of a deliverable.
  Project team members, especially leaders, should assist the project manager with the creation of the status report. Project team members can provide information on the work that has been completed in the last reporting period and the focus of the work during the next period.
  Red: Indicates a deliverable that has a significant problem. If work is over budget, behind schedule, or the quality or performance of the deliverable does not meet expectations, then it should be coded red. The project manager must address the issue in the status report. The issue should be described, and the actions either taken or to be taken to resolve the issue should be explained.
  Yellow: indicates that the deliverable might be in danger. For example, cost could be increasing, task could be slipping, or risks are likely to occur that impact the deliverable.
  Green: indicates the deliverable is on track.
  This tutorial discussed how a project manager handles project communications. Status reports are like a dashboard method to visually indicate deliverable status, and it's important the project manager save each status report in a location that stakeholders can access.
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