This is a practical framework to help project managers understand and manage stakeholder needs and expectations. This volume provides a practical approach to managing those things that matter most for project success - stakeholder expectations, communication, risk, change, and quality - so that scope, schedule, and cost end up on target and the project's intended benefits for the organization are realized. This unique desk reference shows how to utilize the best practices, concepts, and methodologies found in PMI's PMBOK[registered] Guide, along with a few concepts from APMG's PRINCE2, and...

This innovative guide shows how the Business Analyst (BA) role can be executed in collaboration with the Project or Program Manager (PM) role, to produce higher quality products, requirements and higher success rates, with solutions that deliver business value and products and services that better satisfy stakeholder and customer needs. It evaluates the PM and BA roles current contrasting perceptions, and defines the roles they should fulfill.