http://www.projectstakeholder.com Project Stakeholder Management blog Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:06:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the key elements of project stakeholder management is the use of influence (“the ability to affect the actions, beliefs and attitudes of other people") to ensure that people give their support to our projects. Advertisements are an obvious example of how people can be influenced, and some of the ... http://www.projectstakeholder.com/2008/08/12/influencing-project-stakeholders-what-we-can-learn-from-cigarette-adverts/ Interesting to read about the 'chaos' affecting public transport systems in both New York and London recently, caused by faulty contact-less travel payment cards and readers. Apparently, thousands of subway and bus riders in New York City were unable to use their cards, as up to 2,000 vending machines failed ... http://www.projectstakeholder.com/2008/08/04/stakeholder-management-and-travel-card-system-failures/ Here’s a case study showing how a large number of stakeholders can be managed with a simple communications exercise, in a project with a clear benefit. Many of you will by now have used an electronic ticket (or 'e-ticket') for your plane flights. Those of you who prefer to hold your ... http://www.projectstakeholder.com/2008/07/19/stakeholder-management-and-electronic-plane-tickets/ Here's a case study showing the importance of finding all the different requirements of stakeholders before embarking on a project. The municipal power utility in the German city of Dusseldorf recently started a project to replace 10,000 of the 17,000 gas street lights in use in the old city with the ... http://www.projectstakeholder.com/2008/07/07/case-study-of-project-stakeholder-complaints-when-replacing-old-street-lights-dusseldorf-germany/ After managing projects for many years, I've noticed that people - including myself - can behave in ways that appear to be 'irrational'. It seems that our personal biases and expectations can influence our decisions, with self-justification getting in the way of clear thinking. Studies have suggested that many of ... http://www.projectstakeholder.com/2008/06/28/some-irrational-behaviours-of-project-stakeholders/