Feb 3, 2009
How important is executive support to your ability to deliver?
The answer is: probably even more important than you realize!
Nearly every list of contributing factors to project success or
failure has some mention of the importance of executive support or
project sponsorship as a key factor.
The idea is that if you have the support of your sponsor (or
management chain), you're much more likely to deliver
successfully.
Of course that is
often easier said than done. Effective project sponsorship is often
rare in most organizations, which is why I'm looking forward to you
learning from this episode's guest: Alfonso Bucero.
Alfonso is the founder and Managing Director of BUCERO PM
Consulting (www.abucero.com), based in Madrid, Spain. Alfonso is a
frequent speaker at International PM Congresses and Symposiums and
has authored multiple books.
In
this episode we talk about insights shared in his recent book
(co-authored with Randall L. Englund) entitled
Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project
Success (Jossey-Bass Business & Management).
You'll get insights into what a sponsor is, why the role is
critical to project success, and why sponsors often aren't doing
what we need them to do on our projects. In addition, Alfonso will
share ideas for engaging your sponsor and, if you are a sponsor,
how you can engage with your project managers.
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