A communication plan should clearly define which roles?

• A. Budget allocations
• B. Roles and responsibilities
• C. Equipment specifications
• D. Project deadlines

Answer: (B)

A communication plan centers on who is responsible for what and how information moves between people and teams. Defining roles and responsibilities within the plan ensures that everyone knows who is accountable for specific tasks, who should be informed, and who must approve actions. This clarity reduces confusion, speeds decision-making, and improves coordination across operations, maintenance, safety, and project teams. In maintenance reliability work, clear roles help during outages, inspections, incidents, and root-cause analyses because the right people receive the right information at the right time, and ownership of actions is explicit.

Budget allocations, equipment specifications, and project deadlines are important elements in broader project and technical management, but they aren’t the primary focus of a communication plan. Budget deals with funding, equipment specs cover technical requirements, and deadlines relate to scheduling; each is supported by other plans and documents rather than the communication plan’s main purpose of delineating who does what and who communicates with whom.