Efficient project planning requires a knowledge of your stakeholders' and clients' needs. With a clear understanding of the needs and requirements, you are able to detail the project phases and carry ...

A stakeholder is any person or group that affects, or is affected by, a particular project. Along the path to completing your project, stakeholders can be partners, resources or roadblocks -- and ...

Stakeholders play a vital role in the outcome of projects. Here's guidance on selecting the ideal stakeholders for your specific project. The role of project stakeholders should not be underestimated ...

Understanding your stakeholders is a crucial part of project management. If you don’t carefully manage stakeholders and their concerns and expectations, you risk generating backlash to your project, ...

If you’re managing a project, it’s important to ensure you involve all the different people and groups that can impact the project’s success. Otherwise, you risk missing key perspectives or getting ...

From my experience as an executive, mentor and coach, I believe that dealing with expectations is a key skill for an executive at any level. Expectations are all around us. Hiring an employee?

From a project manager’s perspective, a strong plan is vital to maintain communication with stakeholders across all levels of an organization. While communication may seem to be a fairly light lift in ...

Your company is implementing a new system for an internal process — say it is a CMS or a CRM system — and part of the process is soliciting the input of the project’s stakeholders, including the users ...

For nonprofits, truly understanding stakeholders is key to driving mission success and long-term support. Strategies like active listening, conducting regular surveys and building long-term ...

Drexel University's Continuing Professional Education offers online project management courses that provide the necessary skills to successfully run a project. You will focus on the key principles of ...