Waqas AhmedProject Manager| ATTNew York, Ny, United States
I need to have some expert opinion on a queries i came across:
1. How do we differentiate between project stakeholders and business stakeholders?
2. How do we keep business stakeholders satisfied?
3, How do we keep project stakeholders and business stakeholders on same page, keeping in point they have different benefits? Saving Changes...
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Bala S DuvvuriProject Manager| ShellBangalore, Karnataka, India
I would suggest to go through Stakeholder management chapter in PMBOK where you will get the answers. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Most Business stakeholders are usually project stakeholders as projects are related to business but project stakeholders will not all be business stakeholders, though some key stakeholders only might be business stakeholders at the same time.
As for keeping stskeholders satisfied and all on the same page, you must work on a proper communication plan after identifying all stakeholders. As Bala mentioned, you can go over Stakeholders Management and Communication Management chapters in the PMBOK and you will have a clear idea how to tackle these critical issues. Saving Changes...
saurabh mahajanPMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafonePune, Maharashtra, India
Business stakeholders are also your project stakeholders. However different stakeholders will have different expectation from project which can cause different influence level on project. Some will have more influence with +ve/-ve impact.
So identify stakeholders based on their influence and impact to project. This will help you identify their expectations and inturn ways to keep them satisfied.
To keep them all on same page, reporting is the best way of communication. Reports/dashboards should be in form that satisfies their expectation. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
There is no diference. Each person or organization impacted by the project is a project stakeholder. No matter it is internal or external to the organization. And that is your focus. Saving Changes...
Aejaz ShaikhPM I| Alyx Technologies India Pvt LtdPune, Maharshatra, India
Well, I am writing wrt 2nd point "How do we keep business stakeholders satisfied".
Vey important to keep the stakeholder satisfied irrespective of whether they are internal or external or negative stakeholder.
PMBOK has a reference to this, one can use the Power-Influence Grid to come with a strategy to deal with each category a stakeholder falls into. Saving Changes...
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