CHAPTER 3

Engaging Your Team and Other Stakeholders

Projects are conducted with and for many people. This includes team members who do the work, as well as stakeholders who have an interest in the project’s process and/or results. This chapter deals with understanding and working effectively with both your team and all other stakeholders.

The purpose of this chapter is to help you:

1. Work through typical issues that project teams face.

2. Effectively acquire, develop, and lead your team.

3. Identify, prioritize, communicate with, and build relationships with project stakeholders.

Your Team

A project team is a select group of individuals with complementary skills and disciplines who work together on interdependent and interrelated tasks for ...

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