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Tag Archives: Stakeholder Management

What does project management mean to me – a Project Manager’s Sermon (a #PMFlashblog production)

September 25, 2013by Neil A Walker 6 Comments

After accepting the challenge to concisely deliver an apt response to that question. I have spent the last week pondering a suitable response. My own unique perspective on Project Management. […]

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Project Management Musings

Should stakeholder management be compulsory in all projects?

January 8, 2013by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with Ron Rosenhead (@ronrosenhead). Although much of this conversation was spent discussing project management “war stories” the conversation was initiated with a recent dialogue between Ron […]

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Stakeholder Management

Taking over a project/programme, what are the key challenges?

October 23, 2012by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

As an interim project/programme manager (and previously a managing consultant for various professional services organisations across Europe), I have often had to step in and take over an in-flight project/programme […]

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Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Management

Project success, just perception!

August 27, 2012by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

I’ve just had an interesting discussion today concerning project success. In particular around how success is perceived by the various stakeholders of the project. We all think we know what […]

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Project Failure, Project Success

Mission Impossible 2

July 12, 2012by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

Last year I wrote a blog post on “Impossible Projects” highlighting that “some projects carry such great risks that they should not start! But they do”. Once again, I was […]

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Project Failure, Project Management

Project managers don’t deliver projects!

January 2, 2012by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

Project managers don’t deliver projects! People are projects. People, primarily those in the project team, deliver the project. The Project Manager steers them, but without the people the project does […]

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Relationship Management, Stakeholder Management

Impossible Projects

October 6, 2011by Neil A Walker 3 Comments

Yesterday, we discussed that some projects carry such great risks that they should not start! But they do. So you’ve been nominated as project manager to deliver this impossible project. […]

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Project Management

Kickstarting a Project

September 26, 2011by Neil A Walker Leave a comment

It is often believed that starting a programme or project is the most difficult task for the manager tasked with delivering the endeavour. This is especially pertinent when the project […]

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Project Management

Deliver desired outcomes with expectation management

June 22, 2011by Neil A Walker 2 Comments

Current research has found that 70% of change initiatives, especially technology enabled projects, are deemed unsuccessful. The primary reason for such disappointment is a failure to define success criteria at […]

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Expectation Management

Managing Stakeholder Expectations

March 25, 2011by Neil A Walker 3 Comments

Programme and project managers (PPMs) encounter many outcomes when evaluating and making programme/project decisions. A crucial one to consider is stakeholder expectations. PPMs must understand that their programme/project decisions impact […]

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Best Practice, Communications Management, Stakeholder Management

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