Virtual Project Communications
Managing stakeholders during a projects timeline
Jim Carras
Over the last 30 years I have evolved from Engineering roles with NASA, Manufacturing Management positions with a global telecommunications company, and Business Consulting with major companies to manage global project communications on large IT Outsourcing projects. Today, I have recently retired and enjoy writing a book and training programs with a specific focus to meeting stakeholder needs during any project timeline. This blog is part of keeping in touch with your feedback to continue adding perspective and awareness to this broad topic.
Virtual Project Communications
Evaluating multi-stakeholder perceptions of project impact
Evaluating multi-stakeholder perceptions of your projects impact.
Evaluating multi stakeholder perceptions is requires interaction with the stakeholders while using a multi criteria approach. Elyse identified perceptions of value are made upon expectations, managing expectations is a large part of the project manager's communications. The project manager needs to be curtious and inquisitive to discover the sponsors and stakeholders. This data also supports a communications study called "stakeholder readiness for change."
Elyse further identified the of values are made upon expectations, managing expectations is a large part of the project manager's communications. A Project Manager needs to have a good approach to discover the sponsors and stakeholders perceptions ...
At the basis of values assumes you have some key principles, to set the stage for how something is to be used. We have guiding principles of IT to help organizations understand how to utilize and get value from IT. Along a similar scale, Agile project management has principals to guide usage. In reading the list, it sets the stage for a collaborative creation of something which will be fined tuned into a singing fully adopted tool.
Nine Principles of Agile Project Management are:
- Deliver Something Useful
- Cultivate committed stakeholders ...<< MORE >>
Analyze Project Stakeholder Gap for Change
Perform a Stakeholder Analysis for Change<< MORE >>
Identify Stakeholder Readiness for Change
Stakeholders in a project evolve their understanding and association from a general awareness to true acceptance and full supporters. Project communications should make this transition as smooth and effective as possible.<< MORE >>
Project Communications Strategy
Example of a phased project communications strategy<< MORE >>
Use an Integrated Approach to project communications
A communications strategy should consider human behavior, organizational structure and process/procedures.<< MORE >>
Communications Document Standards and Procedures
Project documentation needs to be included and managed as part of the project communications plan to ensure an integrated approach.<< MORE >>
Project Management Communications
Project Communications methodology built around a Project Timeline addresses and meets the stakeholder needs throughout the project's timeline.<< MORE >>