PfMP cheat sheet
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Communications Management
Portfolio communications management defines stakeholders, information needs, cadence, channels, and escalation paths, documented in the portfolio communications plan.
Stakeholder analysis classifies stakeholders by power and interest (or influence and impact); engagement strategy differs by quadrant.
Decision rule: bad news travels fastest - material risks, breaches, and benefit shortfalls are communicated to the governing body before or with the formal report, not after.
Portfolio reporting should be decision-oriented: state the decision required, options, recommendation, and consequences, not only status metrics.
A single source of truth for portfolio data prevents conflicting reports; reconcile component reporting to the portfolio system of record.
Communication cadence maps to governance cadence: portfolio board packs precede board meetings by enough time for review.
Escalation thresholds and contacts are defined in advance; ad hoc escalation is a symptom of an incomplete communications plan.
Tailoring: distributed or cross-cultural portfolios require explicit channel, language, and time-zone norms to avoid information asymmetry.