As with all things, preparing for a successful outcome with communications and public relations on a project starts with a good plan. Creating a communication plan for your project helps you identify who your stakeholders are and what the unique communication requirements are of each constituency. If you have stakeholders in different locations who will participate in meetings, › Continue reading…
Archive for November, 2009
Tags: communications plan, project blog, stakeholders, status meetings, status reports, steering committee
In my last few blog articles, I have talked about a lot of concepts for mutual gains bargaining, now it’s time prepare for your actual negotiation discussion.
The most important thing to do to prepare for a negotiation is to › Continue reading…
In PMI’s (Project Management Institute’s) Project Management Body of Knowledge or PMBOK – which is the bible of project management, there are 9 knowledge areas discussed– Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk, and Procurement. Anyone who has studied for their PMP certification knows these well – ad nauseum even, and knows that the PMBOK discusses these with equal weight. Indeed, PMI loves all of her knowledge area “children” equally, but out in the real world there is one that I believe deserves your extra undivided attention and that is scope. › Continue reading…