Plan Your Stakeholder Comms For A Project Going Sideways

The project's started to wobble and the longer you wait to say something, the worse it looks when someone else breaks the news first. This plans who hears it first, what you can commit to versus what's still too uncertain, and a cadence of updates, plus a draft of the first message.

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You are running a project that has started slipping and need a plan for communicating with stakeholders before they hear about the problems secondhand.
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**Plan** the communication. Given [describe the project, what's gone wrong, and who the key stakeholders are], produce:
1. Who needs to hear it first, and why
2. What to say versus what's still too uncertain to commit to
3. The cadence of updates until things stabilise
4. The one ask you need from stakeholders, whether that's patience, resource, or a decision
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A stakeholder comms plan listing each stakeholder group, what they're told, when, and by what channel, plus a draft of the first message.
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