What are the key strategies for engaging project stakeholders?

• Excluding them from important discussions and decisions

• Ignoring their input and decisions

• Clear communication, active listening, building relationships, managing expectations, and involving them in decision-making

• Keeping them up to date on everything going on with the project

Why is it important to involve stakeholders in the decision-making process?

• To make the decision-making process longer

• To create unnecessary conflict

• To ensure that their perspectives and interests are considered

• To exclude their perspectives and interests

What are the common challenges in managing project stakeholders?

• Multiple stakeholders with different priorities

• Identifying and prioritizing stakeholders, managing their expectations, communication, and resolving conflicts

• Avoiding communication with stakeholders

• A mix of 'functional' and 'project' authorities, causing confusion on scope

How can you build and maintain positive relationships with project stakeholders?

• Understanding stakeholder's needs and concerns

• Being consistent and reliable

• Effective communication, active listening, understanding their needs and concerns, and consistently delivering on promises.

• Checking in regularly with stakeholders

What are the best practices for resolving conflicts with project stakeholders?

• Being confrontational and dismissive of stakeholders' viewpoints

• Ignoring stakeholders' concerns and proceeding with the project as planned

• Avoiding communication with stakeholders and hoping the conflict resolves on its own

• Active listening, open communication, seeking common ground, and finding mutually beneficial solutions

What are the effective communication channels for engaging project stakeholders?

• Social media posts

• Carrier pigeons

• Regular meetings, emails, project status reports, and stakeholder workshops

• Text messages

How can you use persuasion techniques to influence project stakeholders?

• By bribing them with gifts and favors

• By ignoring their concerns and pushing your own agenda

• By building trust, providing evidence and data, and effectively communicating the benefits of your ideas.

• By using threats and intimidation to get your way

What do you think is the #1 reason why change fails on projects?

• Lack of leadership support

• Insufficient training and education

• Insufficient communication about the change

• Not having dedicated change management support on projects

Why is change management important?

• To maximize profits

• To minimize risk

• To support transition to operations

• To increase productivity

What are the benefits of effective change management?

• Improved employee morale

• Higher customer satisfaction

• Increased competitive advantage

• All of the above