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4 project stakeholder biases to watch

Are your project stakeholders biased? The short answer to this question is ‘yes’ and to make matters worse, your opinion of your stakeholders, your team and yourself are also affected by bias. Lynda Bourne outlines four common biases you’ll encounter.

May 5, 2015

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The five functions of governance

A lot of people confuse management with governance so there are many myths about how governance works. Dr Lynda Bourne on the five functions of governance versus management.

October 13, 2014

Controlling complex projects

Complexity theory helps us to understand the social behaviours of teams and the networks of people involved in and around a project, its stakeholders. Pat Weaver on why complexity is not just a synonym for complicated or large.

August 7, 2014

Sun Tzu and the art of stakeholder management

Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War nearly 2,500 years ago; his ideas have been widely translated and are regularly used as a guide for management thinking. But, asks Lynda Bourne, why go to war when you can instead learn to manage your stakeholders well?

July 22, 2014

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The 3 types of stakeholder communication

Project success is determined by the attitudes of the key stakeholders around the project. Delivering a project on time, on budget and to specification is not sufficient. Lynda Bourne discusses the ways in which we should employ different types of communication for our projects.

May 28, 2014

10 ways to deal with change in an IT service project

Building and deploying IT services, particularly to many different stakeholders in a large organisation, can be fraught with planning, service delivery and recruitment of internal supporters. Here are Laith Habib’s 10 tips for successful transitions in an IT service project.

April 30, 2014

Using Voice of the Customer in projects

Most project managers think they know what their stakeholders want, but more often than not they are either partially correct or incomplete. Often used in business, Voice of the Customer programs have become a strategic asset for the most forward thinking and customer-centric project managers, writes Chuck Schaeffer.

March 19, 2014

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How to lose like a project manager

Projects are an arena that can be fraught with conflict. While seeking a ‘win-win’ outcome is desirable, in many situations the only real option if someone wins and someone loses. Lynda Bourne on the art of effective dispute management.

February 4, 2014

Most project stakeholders don’t understand risk

Few stakeholders really appreciate the difference between a risk threshold, the aggregate effect of the total risk exposure created by the project, and the organisation’s risk tolerance. Lynda Bourne says this needs to change with education.

October 15, 2013