After Gantt and CPM/PERT: a smart new way of planning and organizing projects

• People and the interaction between them are recognized by most project professionals as the most important factor in project success. We therefore need an approach to visualize and organize people and their collaboration. Gantt bars and network diagrams (CPM, PERT, ...) simply do not allow this.

• The Communigram is a two-dimensional matrix that shows the 5 W's of Communication: Who needs to collaborate with Who, to produce Which deliverable, to Whom this deliverable must be sent, and When

• Using the 5 W's defined in the Communigram, projects and processes are set up around people and communication, their arguably most important success factors

• The Communigram, even if used simply in paper form, shows shortcomings in the project plan or process flow, and can be used during execution to improve project and process performance through controlled communication

• A New Approach and Mindset: Think Communication, not Time Bars