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How Complex Is Your Project Communication?

Add the number of stakeholders on your project and see how quickly potential communication channels — and the time they can consume — multiply.

Fig. 1 — Live Network
Stakeholders
15channels
That's roughly 22% of an 8-hour day, at 7 minutes per channel.
Your Numbers
Communication channels
15
Stakeholders counted
6
Hours spent per day
1.8 hrs
% of your working day
22%
Hours left for everything else
6.3 hrs
Hours spent per week
8.8 hrs
Channels your next stakeholder adds
+6
Manageable

Your estimated communication load is still manageable. Keep ownership and reporting lines clear as the network grows.

Time estimates are illustrative and depend on the assumption you set above. The channel count uses n(n−1)/2, the standard potential-channel formula.

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