Rallying Your Stakeholders and Getting on Their Priority List

By | July 14th, 2018|Project Management Sparks, Stakeholder Management|

A s a marketing project manager, it’s undeniable that the value your stakeholders bring to your project is priceless and second to none. Stakeholders are plentiful and if used correctly, they are your ‘eyes and ears’ to inside knowledge, key competitive data, advances in the marketplace and much more. They steer you in the right [...]

How to Identify Project Stakeholders in Your Business

By | October 12th, 2017|Initiating a Project, Project Management Sparks, Stakeholder Management|

V ital to a project’s success is the ability for project managers to identify their stakeholders, define their role within the project, and determine how to engage them and keep them engaged throughout the duration of the project. Whether those stakeholders have a direct or indirect role on your project team, their influence and guidance [...]

Identifying Your Stakeholders – and the Not So Obvious Ones

By | April 14th, 2017|Initiating a Project, Stakeholder Management|

E ssential to the success of your project is the input stakeholders provide to your initiative. “A stakeholder is an individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project,” as defined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th [...]