A Simple Framework for Project Communications.

According to our research, communication is the most important area in managing software projects. Analyzing and improving communication practices may help us succeed in software projects. Developing frameworks and models of project communications is an important step in guiding us to conduct studies in project communications and project management. In this study, we developed a simple framework for project communications. The components of this simple framework include stakeholders, project information, communication capabilities, and project environment. Using this framework we were able to develop a project communications effectiveness measure as a part of project management effectiveness metric for software projects. This paper describes this simple framework.