Episode 241: Why Worry about Stakeholders on your Project? (Free)
This episode is sponsored by The Agile PrepCast for The PMI-ACP Exam:
Recent research shows that project success often hinges on the ability of us project managers to meet and exceed stakeholder expectations. While this may not be a new revelation to seasoned project managers it still means that there is a new focus on stakeholder management in our profession. It's the topic of much project manager coaching and mentoring at the moment.
Mario Henrique Trentim (http://br.linkedin.com/in/trentim/) decided to put his experience and expertise on the subject in writing and wrote the book Managing Stakeholders as Clients. It is a practitioner’s guide that blends theory and practice for the rest of us. And by 'the rest of us' I mean project managers working in all kinds of environments. We need to take care of the needs of our stakeholders in predictive/Waterfall environments, agile teams (it's relevant to those in all agile roles including role of project manager in SAFe agile) and hybrid teams.
I’ve invited Mario to tell us why we should worry about the stakeholders on our project. As always when we have an author on the program we will talk less about the book itself, and focus more on his tips, tricks, best practices and Mario’s favorite tools to get the job done. Social media for project managers is one tool available to you for stakeholder communication, and Mario discusses other options as well.
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