Stakeholder Engagement Tips: 5 Tips For Project Managers

The video emphasizes the importance of stakeholder engagement in project management, offering five key tips: allocate time for stakeholders, focus on engagement rather than management, manage expectations, handle difficult stakeholders effectively, and use strategic communication. The video also highlights the significance of respect and understanding stakeholders' needs, and provides strategies for persuasion and influence.

What is considered the largest single part of project management according to the video?

• Risk Management

• Communication

• Budgeting

• Scheduling

What is the first step in the stakeholder engagement process?

• Plan engagement

• Act on feedback

• Identify stakeholders

• Analyze stakeholders

Why is it important to listen to stakeholders carefully?

• To ensure all stakeholders are pleased all the time

• To avoid any form of negotiation

• To manage project timelines effectively

• To make informed judgments about stakeholder priorities

What is the toughest part of project management as mentioned in the video?

• Time management

• Budget allocation

• Scope negotiation

• Team management

What is a suggested strategy for dealing with difficult stakeholders?

• Agree with them regardless of the situation

• Ignore their feedback

• Provide additional reasons to change their opinion

• Avoid them completely

What is the power of silence in a conversation?

• It gives power to the person comfortable with it

• It shows disinterest

• It allows the speaker to gather thoughts

• It gives control to the other person

What is the main theme of the e-book mentioned at the end of the video?

• Risk management

• Project scheduling

• Stakeholder engagement strategies

• Budgeting techniques