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By Gina Abudi, on October 15th, 2014 Some best practices to manage stakeholders and get what you need to implement your projects.
Managing the expectations of stakeholders is a key responsibility for all project managers. The better that a project manager understands her stakeholders – their goals and objectives for the project, their expectations, how they want to be involved, etc. – […]
By Gina Abudi, on September 30th, 2014 I have seen too many project managers who don’t understand their stakeholders – and, specifically, the influence stakeholders may have on the project. One project manager, who works for a pharmaceutical company, is working on a major project that crosses a number of divisions within the organization. I have been working with him from the […]
By Gina Abudi, on December 5th, 2013 To Engage and Communicate with Stakeholders
As a best practice, when you have stakeholders in remote locations, consider assigning a sub-team lead/main point of contact for them. The benefits of doing so are many. For the sub-team leads/main point of contact, it provides them with the ability to take on a leadership role and build […]
By Gina Abudi, on July 9th, 2013 A Mini Case Study
Here is a story of a project manager who did not see the value of spending time establishing relationships with others.
We’ll call him Jack. Jack has been managing projects for about 5 years. In that time, he has always had project team members who reported to him. He never bothered […]
By Paul Slater, on August 11th, 2010 Well of course there is, these are completely different animals aren’t they? Businesses are complex mixtures of owners, managers, leaders, investors, products and services; and projects just have a start and an end. Well, maybe. Let’s look a little more carefully at projects though and see what’s really involved in their leadership.
Projects […]
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