Jim has recently retired from a diverse background starting with NASA then the telecommunications industry, and ending with global IT outsourcing projects. One common string during my entire career was the 'people' component of "People-Process-Technology." This became an ongoing effort for me to build a methodology that would provide continuous improvement in better understanding and improving the effectiveness of project stakeholder management. Even with the rapid progress of the Internet and new project software tools, the vehicles for communications has been expanding but the basic understanding of the needs of project stakeholders throughout a project time line and developing effective interventions to satisfy those needs has had little change. Just saying "communicate - communicate - communicate" does not make it happen. Jim can be reached at jim@carras.com. Jim Carras
Jim has recently retired from a diverse background starting with NASA then the telecommunications industry, and ending with global IT outsourcing projects. One common string during my entire career was the 'people' component of "People-Process-Technology." This became an ongoing effort for me to build a methodology that would provide continuous improvement in better understanding and improving the effectiveness of project stakeholder management. Even with the rapid progress of the Internet and new project software tools, the vehicles for communications has been expanding but the basic understanding of the needs of project stakeholders throughout a project time line and developing effective interventions to satisfy those needs has had little change. Just saying "communicate - communicate - communicate" does not make it happen. Jim can be reached at jim@carras.com. Want to become a successful PMO practitioner?
I always wondered where you would find a PMO practitioner? The width and breadth of a PMO covers many distinct and different components designed to meet the strategic needs of that enterprise. The scope of each PMO may begin differently but with maturity and support over time, can be expected to evolve into a contributing [...]
PMO SYMPOSIUM
PMO Symposium 2008: November 9-11, 2008 to be held in San Antonio, Texas at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located on the famous Riverwalk.
The PMI Project Management Organization Specific Interest Group (PMOSIG) is pleased to announce the PMO Symposium “Advancing the PMO.” This is a “must attend” event providing opportunities for PMO practitioners, project management and [...]
Project Communications – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 3 of 3)
We have all been on projects where an understanding different stakeholder groups becomes a ‘touchy-feely’ process. You have a gut feel for their tolerance for change, commitment, ability to influence and what they view as important. Most of the time we are wrong but if we had some real data for these areas, then we could [...]
Project Communications – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 2 of 3)
In part 1 of this blog, we talked about not all communication events were pushed out to the project stakeholders. Let’s look at some different types of communications interventions that represent the information, ideas, topics and subject matter that flow to and from the stakeholders through formal communication channels.
Technorati Tags: communication
Project Communications – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 1 of 3)
Many of you have heard the old adage of “Communicate: Communicate: Communicate” as a preamble by a Project Manager at a project kickoff meeting? You sit there and try to see the significance of this statement and your role in the project. But the project manager sounded so sincere and purposeful when he/she [...]
