To achieve project targets successfully, effective communication is the key and for that proper communication planning is very essential. In recent PMI's 2013 Pulse of the Profession report, it has been revealed that effective communications is the most important success factor in project management. The report also revealed that on an average two in five projects, do not meet the project's main goal and one-half of those two unsuccessful projects are due to ineffective communications. Effective communication means providing only the useful and required information in a proper time. For doing things in a better way, a project manager has to tailor the communication plan accordingly. There are numerous tools that a project manager can use to maintain a better communication approach, few of them like stakeholder analysis, Power/Interest grid, fish bone diagram or Ishikawa Diagram and RACI chart (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed) are discussed in the article. Please go through the link for more details: http://www.projecttimes.com/articles/effective-communication-a-challenge-to-project-managers.html