Keep Stakeholders Happy with Transparent Project Management
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by Drake Settsu
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Project Management should be transparent for Stakeholders to have a good insight on the progress. That will put some pressure on the Project Manager. Project Managers do provide periodic reporting, but is that enough? Go a step further and provide Stakeholders with the ability to have access to real time status that they can get on their smartphones or laptops. Select a Project Management Software that will provide mobile access.
A Project Manager should welcome transparency. Transparency will demonstrate a confident Project Manager that is leading a team that will deliver results to their Stakeholders.
Transparency will get your Stakeholders engaged in the project by having real time updates on the progress. Good and bad news will be known now and not on a periodic status report.
(Note - this article was originally written by Drake Settsu and published on DrakeSettsu.BlogSpot.com in October 2016)
Posted on: March 05, 2018 02:54 AM |
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I like the blood red writing Drake. "Transparency or else!" lol
Absolutely!
Thanks Sante.
Thanks for sharing, Drake! Hand-in-hand with transparency is integrity to ensure that what is being shared is an accurate reflection of reality and not a "massaged" version of the truth!
Good point Kiron. The value of transparency will be lost if there is no integrity in the status reporting.
Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington
Auburn, Wa, United States
I agree that transparency is very important. Good insights, Drake and thanks for sharing.
Transparency allows PM to feel comfortable with providing and accepting important feedback about problems encountered and builds a culture of trust.
I would add that transparency should not only be limited to PM or his/her team but it is an equal responsibility of all stakeholders.
Vincent Guerard
Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance
Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Thank you Anish, Girish, Eduin and Vincent.
Najam - That is a good point about stakeholders having an equal responsibility to be transparent. Thanks!
Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Good One Drake, fully agree. Transparency builds trust especially transparency in communication.
Emmanuel Daddimane
Project Manager| JP Morgan Chase
New Bhiwandi, Near Shivaji Stadium, India
I agree Drake, specifically Good and bad news will be known now and not on a periodic status report. it helps to build trust and confidence and also gives opportunity to the project management to communicate effectively.
Bala Sathya Narayanan
Project Lead - Digital Marketing| ANGLER Technologies India PVt Ltd
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Good post.
But I doubt that whether that "Transparency" will educate the stakeholders / customers, If so most won't have any recurring projects or clients.
Michael Delaney
Partner| Delaney Management LLC
West Chester, Pa, United States
Frederick Oware
Senior Systems Analyst| Social Security and National Trust, Ghana.
Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
I agree Drake.
Transparency has been the key to early buy-in for most my projects.
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