Comments on: The Absent Project Stakeholder http://www.pmhut.com/the-absent-project-stakeholder Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kent Norman http://www.pmhut.com/the-absent-project-stakeholder/comment-page-1#comment-13415 Kent Norman Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:57:04 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/?p=4065#comment-13415 Great comments I would endorse these comments to my coworkers 100%. Having good communication with your superiors is so crucial. If a situation like this one ever arises it should become top priority to reestablish it asap. Great comments I would endorse these comments to my coworkers 100%. Having good communication with your superiors is so crucial. If a situation like this one ever arises it should become top priority to reestablish it asap.

]]> By: Ksenia Woodgate http://www.pmhut.com/the-absent-project-stakeholder/comment-page-1#comment-11634 Ksenia Woodgate Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:07:30 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/?p=4065#comment-11634 Thanks Tony, Laura for your comments. Yes, unfortunately this situation comes up way too often. Ultimately it's about the lack of stakeholder engagement, for which of course there might be so many different reasons on both sides. A good topic for another post sometime in future... Personally, and as you can see from my comments, I am a great believer in turning up in person to resolve the problem face-to-face. Thanks Tony, Laura for your comments.

Yes, unfortunately this situation comes up way too often. Ultimately it’s about the lack of stakeholder engagement, for which of course there might be so many different reasons on both sides. A good topic for another post sometime in future… Personally, and as you can see from my comments, I am a great believer in turning up in person to resolve the problem face-to-face.

]]> By: Laura Bamberg http://www.pmhut.com/the-absent-project-stakeholder/comment-page-1#comment-10724 Laura Bamberg Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:18:03 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/?p=4065#comment-10724 Ksenia, I recently wrote a post on managing stakeholder expectations (http://pm.blogs.com/the_project_management_bl/2009/09/stake-your-project-claim.html) but you took it many steps further with this blog. You gave some concise and straight-forward advice on how to handle stakeholders who "weren't there to begin with." Laura Steelray Software www.steelray.com Ksenia, I recently wrote a post on managing stakeholder expectations (http://pm.blogs.com/the_project_management_bl/2009/09/stake-your-project-claim.html) but you took it many steps further with this blog. You gave some concise and straight-forward advice on how to handle stakeholders who “weren’t there to begin with.”

Laura
Steelray Software
http://www.steelray.com

]]> By: Tony Collins http://www.pmhut.com/the-absent-project-stakeholder/comment-page-1#comment-10401 Tony Collins Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:32 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/?p=4065#comment-10401 Good article. One problem in the public sector - and I write about it repeatedly - is that senior responsible owners of projects change regularly, or have little time to spend on the projects they're responsible for. For example the overall SRO of the NHS's £12.7bn National Programme is David Nicholson who happens to be CE of the NHS, and so has rather a lot on his plate besides the NPfIT. He's not so much an absent stateholder as one who was never really there in the first place. How could the govt run such a large scheme without a full-time SRO? A question it has never answered. Hardly surprising then we've seen near anarchy on some big Whitehall projects such as C-Nomis and the Rural Payments Scheme. Good article. One problem in the public sector - and I write about it repeatedly - is that senior responsible owners of projects change regularly, or have little time to spend on the projects they’re responsible for.

For example the overall SRO of the NHS’s £12.7bn National Programme is David Nicholson who happens to be CE of the NHS, and so has rather a lot on his plate besides the NPfIT. He’s not so much an absent stateholder as one who was never really there in the first place. How could the govt run such a large scheme without a full-time SRO? A question it has never answered.

Hardly surprising then we’ve seen near anarchy on some big Whitehall projects such as C-Nomis and the Rural Payments Scheme.

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