Assignment2, Chapter10, Excercise3

Chapter 10, Exercise 3

How Many Different communication channels does a project team with six people have?How many more communications channels would there be if the team grew to ten people.?

Ans:
Communication channel is a very important part of the project. If the communication channel is good then automatically the flow of information is also good. Flow of information become complex with the increasing number of people. The complexity increases because the number of communication channel increases with the number of people. Number of communication channels can be calculated with respect to the number of people.

The formula Says,
Number of communications channels = n(n-1)/2

Where n is the number of People involved.
Here given,
number of people n = 6
Now,
According to the formula,
Number Of Communication channels= 6(6-1)/2
=(6*5)/2
=30/2
=15
therefore the project team with 6 members have 15 communication channels.
If the number of the people in a project team increases from 6 to 10 then, n =10,
According to the formula,
Number of communication channel=10(10-1)/2
=(10*9)/2
=90/2
=45
If the team grew to ten people then there will be 45 communication channels.