Category Archives for Project Sponsorship
Building a Working Relationship with Your Project Sponsor – With Jonathan Norman | Video
Jonathan Norman has a lifelong interest in communication at work. We talk about building a working relationship with your project sponsor.
Continue reading...SRO, Sponsor, Director, or Executive: What does your Project Owner do?
SRO, Project Sponsor, Executive, or Director. They play a vital role in your project’s success or failure. We investigate that role in depth.
Continue reading...Working with Your Project Sponsor: 5 Tips | Video
Your relationship with your Project Sponsor is crucial to the success of your project – and to your success as a Project Manager.
Continue reading...How to Handle a Difficult Project Sponsor: [7 Different Types]
A common challenge is how to handle a difficult project sponsor. We’ll look at seven types of difficult project sponsor, and strategies for handling them.
Continue reading...What is a Senior Responsible Owner – SRO? | Video
The term ‘Senior Responsible Owner’ or SRO comes from the UK Government’s Program Management methodology, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP). It also appears in the related and far more widely known PRINCE2 methodology. So, what is a Senior Responsible Owner – SRO? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
Continue reading...Rogue Project Sponsor: What to Do when Sponsorship goes Bad
One of the things that can make your life most difficult is a rogue Project Sponsor. It’s like they have turned to the dark side. And it feels as if they no longer have your project’s best interests at heart. Let me start by re-assuring you… A truly rogue Project Sponsor is not common. So, […]
Continue reading...Do You Know What your Project Sponsor Wants?
Call them your sponsor, your boss, or your client if you like. But one thing we all know as a Project Manager is this. Our job is to do what our Project Sponsor wants. But here’s the question… Do you know what your Project Sponsor wants? If you don’t, you’d better find out quickly. And […]
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