Project Reporting
We now turn to the topic of reporting, the final step in the five-point functional model for project management. Reporting is the function that links the model together in a repetitive cycle throughout the project lifecycle.

Project managers are responsible for reporting on project progress to the customer and other stakeholders. This is consistent with the project manager’s responsibility for customer liaison.

The Project Manager is also responsible for creating the Project Communication Plan.

Communications management is so important in modern project management that often it is included as an activity on the first tier of the WBS. Communications planning helps create an environment of cooperation within the project team and with external stakeholders, and it is often tightly linked with organizational planning.