PM Excellence AcademyModule 6 · Communication Planner

Communication Planner — Oakhaven

This is the segue from planning to communication. The Planner opens with the plan you committed in the Planning Studios, reads the communication it requires, and walks you to a one-page plan you carry into the kickoff.

← Planning Studio 1 ← Planning Studio 2 Communication Planner
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The segue · read the plan

Your plan already wrote the communication requirements

Every handoff, milestone, and decision gate you committed in the Studios is a communication that has to be planned. Here it is, read straight off your plan:

From your committed planCommunication it requires
Your internal team — who you’re coordinating

Pulled from the roles you staffed in Planning Studio 1. Hours signal who carries load — and who to keep closest in the cadence.

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Segment · set the plan

Three audiences, five attributes each

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 your plan — adjust them to fit.

Internal teamCoordination & handoffs — keep the plan alive
Consultant teamInterface control & obligations — who provides what, when
Client (Owner)Confidence, decisions, no surprises
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The final plan · into the kickoff

Your one-page Communication Plan

This is the deliverable — the second half of what you present at the kickoff. Build it from your inputs above, then carry it into Module 7.

Oakhaven — Project Communication Plan

AudienceCadenceChannelDecision rightsRecordsOwner
Client decision & review calendar

Lifted straight from your milestone weeks. These are the client conversations the plan schedules — with lead time for the decision that gates the phase.

Escalation path
TeamResolves within the work.
Project ManagerOwns the intersections; surfaces early.
Principal-in-ChargeFirm-level judgment & client risk.
ClientDecides scope, fee, schedule.

Escalate on impact to scope, schedule, or fee.

Grace PM Tool — Internal Use OnlyMaster Phase Communication Calendar — 13 Weeks

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 your plan established.

InternalConsultantClientDecisionQAQC
Committed — ready for the kickoff

Your Communication Plan is saved and travels with your Oakhaven plan. In Module 7 you’ll put it on the table alongside the work plan, so the team, the consultants, and the client leave knowing not just what the project is — but how it will talk.

Carry it into the Kickoff →