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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration for PERT Estimation.
Decision Making
PERT Estimation
Purposedifferent
When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.On complex initiatives, a plain average tends to understate just how uncertain the outcome really is. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a PERT Estimate, Expected Value, and Risk Notes.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minOngoing15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-62-121-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceKanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsPERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk Notes
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
FlowVisual managementDelivery
EstimationUncertaintyRisk
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Architecture Communication Canvas
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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Delivery
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