Assessment 2: Staffing and Communications Management Plan

Resources

the following resources provide information about project staffing management.

• PMBOK® Guide. • Part 1: Section 9.1, "Plan Resource Management." • Part 1: Section 9.2, "Estimate Activity Resources." • Part 1: Section 9.3, "Activity Resources."

• Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (12th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

• Sections 4.7–4.12, pages 128–140. • Dube, S., & Marnewick, C. (2016). A conceptual model to

improve performance in virtual teams. South African Journal of Information Management, 18(1), 1–10.

• Epstein, D., & Maltzman, R. (2013). Project workflow management: A business process approach. Plantation, FL: J. Ross Publishing.

The following resources provide information about project communication management.

• PMBOK® Guide. • Part 1: Chapter 10, "Project Communications

Management," pages 359–394. • Aakhus, M., & Bzdak, M. (2015). Stakeholder

engagement as communication design practice. Journal of Public Affairs, 15(2), 188–200.

• Butt, A., Naaranoja, M., & Savolainen, J. (2016). Project change stakeholder communication. International Journal of Project Management, 34(8), 1579–1595.

• Perkins, D. (2014). Conceptualizing defensive silence in project-manager-to-project-sponsor communication. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 35(1), 2–19.

• Pope-Ruark, R. (2015). Introducing Agile project management strategies in technical and professional communication courses. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 29(1), 112–133.

• Whited, D. A. (2016). A case study on the effectiveness of using social media tools for project communication (Doctoral dissertation) [PDF]. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database. (UMI No. 10076362)