Project success criteria are sometimes fickle and elusive things. On paper, the budget and schedule feature prominently in every project. After all, a project is defined as a temporary endeavor to create a unique product or service. But most projects have a host of other criteria, like product quality, third party stakeholders, or end user evaluation results. And to … [Read more...]
A Project Health Check
When a patient is first wheeled into the emergency room, the first priority of any doctor is their vital signs, that is, pulse, breathing, body temperature, and blood pressure. Regardless of the injury, if the vital signs are not stable the patient is dying and all efforts must be directed toward stabilizing them prior to treating the original injury. Project management … [Read more...]
The PMBOK’s Monitor Stakeholder Engagement Process
Monitor Stakeholder Engagement is the 4th out of four processes within the Project Stakeholder Management knowledge area within the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). It occurs within the Monitoring & Controlling process group. The inputs, tools & techniques, and outputs are as follows: Monitor Stakeholder Engagement is the process … [Read more...]
3 Types of Stakeholder Matrix
A stakeholder matrix is a project management tool used to analyze a project stakeholder to determine the actions which are necessary to align their goals with the project. There are several different types of stakeholder matrices: Power Interest matrix Stakeholder analysis matrix Stakeholder Engagement Assessment matrix Power-Interest Matrix In a … [Read more...]
How to Perform a Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholders are to a project like players are to a team. Having the best players is one of the easiest ways to win the game, but strategy and tactics led by the coach (project manager) can go a long ways. Thus, successful projects know who their stakeholders are and what motivates them. That's where stakeholder analysis comes in. Stakeholder … [Read more...]
Guide to Stakeholder Management
All projects have stakeholders. As a minimum, the project sponsor who initiated the project expects some type of deliverable. In addition, customers and end users are anxiously awaiting the completion of the product, and the project team is eager to use their skills to produce it. Hence, project success is largely defined by the stakeholders. The goal of … [Read more...]
12 Project Stakeholders (And What They Want)
All projects have stakeholders. As a minimum, the project sponsor who initiated the project is a stakeholder who expects a deliverable from the project. At first glance, the project's stakeholders might be obvious, for example a government approval, or an adjacent landowner that is affected by a construction project. But these main stakeholders are seldom the … [Read more...]