It's all too easy, when you manage a project, to become so involved with your team and the work at hand that you overlook a very important group of people: your sponsor and stakeholders—in other words ...

Over the past decade, the role of the “executive sponsor” has become well accepted and even ubiquitous in organizations. In fact, most of the literature about project and change management suggests ...

Is it possible that in an organization with weak or limited project sponsor capability, the project management office (PMO) could act as a sponsor for smaller projects? It is surely better to do this ...

1. Schedule regular meetings (usually monthly) with sponsors, team members and other important stakeholders: This may be a good time for a quick status update, but more importantly, it is a time for ...

The science lies in the processes that project managers have to do from the moment they are assigned to a project to that first kickoff meeting. You have to develop a charter, meet with the sponsor, ...

Do you have a new project but don’t know where to begin? Are you an organizing whiz but prioritizing tasks doesn’t come as easily? Have you been assigned to manage a large project with multiple teams, ...