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Article Teams, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, Agile 1 August 2015

PM Network

Managing up

Practitioners share their insights on successfully engaging project sponsors, from tips on gaining their trust and confidence to working with these execs in an agile environment.

Conference Paper Teams, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement 26 October 2014

How to secure 360 stakeholder buy-in and sustain it?

By Aziz, Emad E. Across all industries, organization types, and project sizes, success or failure is largely dependent on having the right levels of team commitment, stakeholder buy-in, and executive support.…

Article Risk Management, Teams, Stakeholder Engagement September 2012

PM Network

Negating negativity

By Whitmeyer, David Outward negativity on projects can create speed bumps toward successful project completion and can cause project failure, which is a risk no project manager can afford to take. This article…

Article PMO, Teams, Stakeholder Engagement August 2012

PM Network

Positive reinforcement

By Kretschmer, David | Garg, Saurabh | Rosenfeld, Gary | Gikovski, Emiliyan There are negative stakeholders in every project, and it's a project manager's responsibility to take negative stakeholders into account and neutralize their influence on the project affairs. This…

Article Teams, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement December 2010

PM Network

The peace process

By Hollingsworth, Chauncey Because projects are implemented by individuals, the process of realizing a project can lead to numerous differences of opinion that if not quickly addressed can rapidly escalate into major…

Article Teams, Stakeholder Engagement March 2007

Project Management Journal

The changing bias of project management research

By Leybourne, Stephen A. As the field of project management matures, so too are its professionals expanding their focus on how they practice and how they perceive the activities involved in managing projects. This article…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Teams, Stakeholder Engagement, Pharmaceutical 2007

Driving high-performance alliances

By Noffke, Tim A project's success significantly hinges on the nature of the relationship between project team members and among project stakeholders. Without an open and collaborative relationship, project teams…

Article Teams, Stakeholder Engagement 1 April 2005

PM Network

Turn liabilities into assets

By Pappas, Lorna Project sponsors play several key roles in realizing projects. In addition to generating executive support for projects and providing teams with the resources they require to realize projects, they…

Conference Paper Teams, Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement 26 October 2004

Leadership

By Dimov, Peter I. This presentation addresses the vital needs project managers have to motivate teams, influence stakeholders and thrive in a changing environment. The audience will be engaged in interactive…

Conference Paper Teams, Leadership, Skill Development, Stakeholder Engagement 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Solving people problems

By Flannes, Steven W. | Flannes, Steven | Levin, Ginger When everything else is said and done, your biggest challenge as a project manager is dealing successfully with people. People problems can be messy, uncomfortable, and nasty, but there are methods…