Important Stakeholder Roles

The stakeholders also can make or break a project; they hold the keys to success. Because they ultimately will be the judge of project success, the project manager must constantly manage the communications with the stakeholders to ensure that their expectations are appropriate. Some stakeholder roles are listed below:

  • Return-on-Investment. The budget client is the person who controls the money. He or she may not be the same person who requested the learning project, but the budget client will be the person who pays for it. Ask your contact whose signature you will need for your purchases, and you will find out who the budget client is. This client has the power to cancel the project at any time; he or she is accountable ...

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