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What’s Up With the Project Sponsor? He is Doing Nothing!

A Mini Case Study

Background

You are working on a global $200 million project that is development and roll out of a key product for the company. The project includes team members from around the globe and there are 15 key stakeholders you must communicate with on a regular basis. These stakeholders must also provide […]

A Negative Attitude on the Project Team

A Mini Case Study

Background

The project is a highly visible project that will impact multiple departments within the organization. It has been in progress for about 2 months and going along fairly well as far as staying on schedule and within budget. The stakeholders seem pleased with progress so far. However, you have been […]

Communicating with Stakeholders – Part II

A Mini Case Study

Read Part I of the story.

In this article, we’ll outline the communication plans for departments heads and other employees in the organization.

The first meeting

In your meeting with the seven department managers, you focused on the 360 initiative and specifically:

The decision behind launching a 360 process (link to […]

Identifying and Communicating with Stakeholders – I

A Mini Case Study

In this mini case study we’ll look at a brief scenario and discuss the approach to getting started with identifying and reaching out to stakeholders to get them on board with the project.

Scenario: You want to implement a 360 feedback process into the organization. The organization is receptive to providing […]

Tactical? Strategic? Make it Both for Success!

I was talking with a client recently who is searching for some project management talent to join their staff. He was considering whether they needed more tactical project managers (people who roll up their sleeves and can get the work done, those who work on the details) or more strategic thinkers (people who can […]