Project Management

Why Relationships Make or Break Infrastructure Projects

Featuring Samuel Pownall, Rupal Bhandari North India Chapter, Juan Sandoval, David Whitmore, Benjamin Breen Singapore Chapter, Ricardo Mcklmon, Andrew Page, and Paul Deeran - August 13, 2026

Communications Management Construction Giga Projects Governance Leadership Organizational Project Management Stakeholder Management Strategy Teams

60m 41s

Duration

1.00

PDUs

14,458

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Overview

***This is a PMI Led Webinar*** This webinar shares why inter-organizational relationships are vital for infrastructure project success and shares the key recommendations that help deliver project success. Based on a research collaboration between PMI, University College London and MIGSO-PCUBED.

Learning Objectives

Understand how to use frameworks to assess and design relationships with delivery partners, rather than leaving them to default and precedent.
How to identify the commercial model that support better relationships and incentivise the behaviours you need
Recognize leadership consistency and succession as relationship risks that require active management
The importance of applying practical approaches to measuring relationship health as a leading, board-level risk indicator.
Understand the processes and behaviours that high-performing projects demonstrate in their relationship management and how it leads to greater project success.

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Resources

Why Relationships Make or Break Infrastructure Projects

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by Benjamin Breen, Rupal Bhandari, Samuel Pownall, Ricardo Mcklmon, Juan Sandoval, David Whitmore, Andrew Page, Paul Deeran

Talent Triangle Alignment

This video qualifies for the following PDUs:

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CAPM	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-ACP	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-SP	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-RMP	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PfMP	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-PBA	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
DASM	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
DASSM	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
DAC	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
DAVSC	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-CP	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-PMOCP	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
PMI-CPMAI	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00