The Definitive Guide to Project Success Criteria
Read examples of project success criteria in this article, along with everything you need to know about writing and using success factors for your project. It really is the definitive guide!
Stakeholders
Learn how to engage people on projects and manage stakeholder relationships at work. Get things done, even when your colleagues have different priorities!
10 Reasons Why Teamwork Matters in Project Management
Not convinced that you need to focus on building your team? Here are 10 reasons why teamwork matters in project management.
3 Ways to Practice Your Leadership Skills
Learn 3 solid ways to practise your leadership skills. Leadership is something that can be honed and developed – you just need to keep trying! Here are some practical ways that you can boost your leadership skills and get better at leading your team.
Winning stakeholder support when time and energy are limited
Why should project teams invest resources in communication activities is a question I’m often asked – both from people who are not convinced of the value, and also from those looking for the words to use with their leadership team. For me the crux of this question comes back to the raison d’etre for projects….
Why do stakeholders contribute?
Why do stakeholders take part in projects? You might think that’s an obvious question. After all, your project sponsor is probably the one who wanted this project to happen in the first place, and he or she has a vested interest in making it a success. But aside from the sponsor, all those other stakeholders…
4 ways to proactively manage stakeholders
Stakeholder management seems to stay a hot topic regardless of what year we’re in. I think it’s been that way since A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) finally included a tenth knowledge area on managing stakeholders (although in my mind, stakeholders were important to the project management profession way before…
4 Unusual Reasons Why Stakeholder Management Is Important
Why is stakeholder management important to project success? Because we need people to get the project work done. However, stakeholder management is a very narrow way of looking at how we work with people on projects to achieve a common goal. A better question would be, “Why is stakeholder engagement important?” Let’s park that for…
Why Don’t 50% of People Do Stakeholder Engagement?
I ran a survey about stakeholder management (thanks, by the way, if you were one of the people who filled it out) and the results surprised me. I have done a bit of analysis on the results and I wanted to share what I know so far with you. The biggest reason we do stakeholder…
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Autocratic Decision Making
Discover the benefits and drawbacks of autocratic decision making and how it fits with autocratic leadership. Learn strategies for implementing autocratic decisions in the workplace.
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Engaging Stakeholders with Gamification [video]
In this video Elizabeth Harrin discusses how merging engagement and gamification creates engagification, a methodology to help people take action on projects. Watch the video to listen (about 30 minutes). If you prefer to read, there are closed captions in the video or there’s also a transcript underneath the video. Transcript Hello, everybody. My name…
10 Tips for being more customer-centric on your projects
Do you wish that your project stakeholders were a bit more involved, or that you knew what they were thinking? You can find out – you just have to ask them. One technique I use is to ask project stakeholders (whom I call customers, as they are the customers of the project management process) how…
5 Tips for Managing Project Communications in a Crisis
There are always things that go wrong on projects – sometimes those issues are small; sometimes they are significant. Here are 5 tips to help you deal with project communications during an issue.