Why Projects Succeed: Stakeholder Management Tools and Processes By Roger Kastner Recently I wrote about the importance of Commitment Management and the process of setting, managing, and delivering on expectations, and humbly stated that...
Project Best Practice: Stakeholder Management By Linky Van Der Merwe Are you actively managing project stakeholders? Stakeholder management is as vital to a successful project outcome as is communications management. This article will focus...
What Is Stakeholder Analysis and Why Should You Do It? By Michael L Young Scottish poet Robert Burns coined the phrase: “The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley”. It happens...
The Project Execution Phase By Mark L. Reed We began our Project Management Lifecycle with Phase One – Concept and Feasibility where we secured agreement with our Project Customer on the definition of the...
Project Stakeholders By Merrie Barron and Andrew R. Barron A project is successful when it achieves its objectives and meets or exceeds the expectations of the stakeholders. But who are the stakeholders? Stakeholders are...
Engaging Your Project Stakeholders By Martin Webster In this article, I will address a main reason for project failure. That is, ineffective top management involvement and/ or support. Management commitment is about motivating and...
Dealing with Invisible Project Sponsors By Kiron D. Bondale It’s hard to argue that effective project sponsorship is a critical success factor. Whether it is through providing funding for the project, exerting influence to...
Politics and Project Management By Merrie Barron and Andrew R. Barron Many times, project stakeholders have conflicting interests. It’s the project manager’s responsibility to understand these conflicts and try to resolve them. It’s also...
The Cultural Dimension of Stakeholder Management By Lynda Bourne The importance of understanding culture in designing successful communications to influence and inform stakeholders cannot be understated. But as discussed in previous posts, culture is...
Project Stakeholders and Risk By Lynda Bourne One of the interesting similarities between stakeholder management and risk management is the challenge of knowing what we know and more importantly understanding what we don’t or...
