If in doubt, over communicate. Communicate until the person tells you to quit talking so much. This is especially true for working with a project manager. Ob

If in doubt, over communicate. Communicate until the person tells you to quit talking so much. This is especially true for working with a project manager. Obviously this assumes that you haven't been given any other guidance. For a client, it's best to set expectations up front. You tell the client how updates will be given and if the client is cool with that then keep to that scheme. At this time, all the other comments are mentioning what they do, but they seem to be situations where there is already a well organized system in place. In your case, it seems there is no such system.