Projects fail quietly when people hear too little, too late or from the wrong person. This template puts the communication objectives, the audiences, one matrix of message, channel, owner and frequency, an escalation path and the feedback measures into seven pages a project manager can finish in an afternoon.

The sample plans communications for Project Anvil, a new planning system going live at three Lowmoor Engineering plants on September 13, 2027, with 9 to 640 people in each audience. Replace the audiences, messages, channels, owners and dates with your own, and agree the approver and a backup for each message type.