Live Webinar December 8th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Risk Management CoP (REP #S048)

While Baker officially used the term ‘stakeholder’ in 1962, as project professionals we began to work to actively engage them and meet their expectations in the last 10-15 years.

Now on programs and projects with greater complexity numerous internal and external stakeholders with varying degrees of interest and support are the norm and not the exception.

This presentation will focus on nine Federal Government or quasi-Government programs and projects and will talk about guidelines to best engage stakeholders with specific examples and lessons learned.

It will describe project work for a dead stakeholder, a missing stakeholder, negative stakeholders, and positive stakeholders and how to achieve a balance in one’s time in working to help turn negative stakeholders into ones who are hopefully positive or neutral while maintaining the support of positive proponents.

Dr. Ginger Levin has worked in the IT/IS field for 48 years.
The IT/IS field has changed tremendously over this time!

These IT/IS programs and projects include work done as a U.S. Federal Government employee and in consulting for public and private sector organizations.

Each program and project had some highs and also some lows, and all were and are learning experiences. Some were global, and many used virtual teams.

They were completed on time and within budget. Many of the consulting projects were won through competitive Requests for Proposal.

Dr. Levin, an active member of PMI, also is a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals, and assisted in the development of the Business Development Capability Maturity Model (BD-CMM) in conjunction with the Business Development Institute.

In this webinar, Ginger will discuss experiences and lessons learned with nine selected IT/IS endeavors. She will discuss her work with OPM3 and will conclude with an overview of the recently released Version 2 of the BD-CMM.

The webinar will cover the following points:

• Covers successful approaches for stakeholder engagement
• Focuses on the importance of customer relationship management
• Describes some key lessons learned
• Emphasizes the importance of on time, within budget delivery especially in IT

Presenter: Dr. Ginger Levin (LinkedIn profile) is also author of several Project Management books and materials including:

• Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers
• Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
• Implementing Program Management: Templates and Forms Aligned with the Standard for Program Management, Third Edition (2013) and Other Best Practices,
• Program Management: A Life Cycle Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series)
  
• PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Fourth Edition (ESI International Project Management Series)

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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Lessons Learned And Guidelines: From 9 Programs & Projects