Have you ever encountered unsupportive stakeholders?

Eduard Hernandez

Community Champion

Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

There are individuals that perceive project managers as mere bureaucrats (paper pushers). These stakeholders can be in a supporting role to the project - not a big deal - but also in the core team (or even the sponsor!).

Have you experienced this? How did you handle the situation?

Posted: Dec 12, 2022 7:37 AM

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Latha Thamma reddi Sr Product and Portfolio Management (Automation Innovation)| DXC Technology Mckinney, Tx, United States

Thanks all for sharing!

Posted: Jun 7, 2023 3:52 PM

Anton Oosthuizen Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self Employed Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

So the approach of making them understand the value of the project and of the PM is that while you are trying to do this they remain unsupportive and the potential that they negate this value exists.

People support what they feel part of. How do you make them feel part of something? Ownership. If they understand what their part in the project is and that their participation will contribute to its success then they feel like they own some of it. They also need to know and understand What Is In It For Them.

Posted: Jun 8, 2023 2:32 AM

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