Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to link people, ideas and information at all stages in the project life cycle. Project communication management ensures timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and disposal of project information through formal structures and processes.
The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business, or as a consultant.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:
• manage project information and communication on at least two occasions.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:
• alternative communication methods and media and their application on various projects
• effective project-management information systems and their various applications
• methods used to evaluate information systems and communication processes.

Assessment Conditions

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.
This includes access to:
• project communication and information management documentation
• examples of how communication was managed on projects.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Reading', 'description': 'Identifies and analyses complex texts from a range of sources'}
• {'skill': 'Writing', 'description': 'Develops project documents using vocabulary, structure and conventions appropriate to text'}
• {'skill': 'Oral Communication', 'description': 'Participates in verbal exchanges using clear language and appropriate non-verbal features; Uses active listening and questioning to confirm understanding and agreement'}
• {'skill': 'Initiative and enterprise', 'description': 'Identifies responsibilities and boundaries of own role'}
• {'skill': 'Teamwork', 'description': 'Identifies requirements of important communication exchanges, selecting appropriate channels, format and content to suit purpose and audience'}
• {'skill': 'Planning and organising', 'description': 'Sequences and schedules complex activities, monitors implementation and manages relevant communication; Uses problem-solving techniques to analyse and resolve issues; Evaluates outcomes of decisions to identify opportunities for improvement; Uses digital tools to access, organise and analyse complex data'}

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