Project Management: Mastering Stakeholder Engagement to Mitigate Preconstruction Risk

In Project Management: Mastering Stakeholder Engagement to Mitigate Preconstruction Risk, you'll learn ...

• The role of stakeholder engagement in reducing project risks during preconstruction and design
• The integration of communication, consensus building, and expectation management throughout the project lifecycle
• The strategies used to manage scope, costs, schedules, and stakeholder expectations simultaneously
• How to engage internal and external stakeholders to improve project outcomes and reduce project delays

Overview

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Credit: 1 PDH

Length: 9 pages

This course is designed for a broad group of engineers and project managers who desire end user satisfaction when budgets are limited and stakeholder expectations are high. Throughout the course we will look at the root causes for failed expectations and provide the tools project managers need to manage scope creep, limit change orders and balance diverse stakeholder interests.

Risk management is often focused around what will prevent a project from being completed at the construction stage. Project Managers can easily overlook the risks associated with pre-design and design stage services, especially those involving stakeholder decisions. Managing stakeholder risk at the early development stage can significantly reduce the likelihood of missed deadlines and increase ability to deliver projects that meet diverse end user needs.

This course is highly relevant for those who work with local governments or those seeking strategies to better facilitate a smoother process that avoids delays and manage expectations that involve diverse end users. Students will use their familiarity with project management best practices to enhance skills needed to ensure success from the very beginning of the project. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to identify risks and mitigate them to improve their chances of reducing scope creep, change orders and delivering projects that stakeholders are satisfied with.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The identification and classification of internal and external stakeholders and their influence on project success
• The development of communication strategies that establish realistic stakeholder expectations early in the project
• The distinction between stakeholder needs and stakeholder wants when defining project scope
• The implementation of techniques to manage scope creep while maintaining project budgets and schedules
• The facilitation of stakeholder consensus through structured meetings, decision matrices, and objective evaluation criteria
• The application of public engagement methods to address controversial issues and mitigate project opposition
• The preparation of design contracts that include realistic review periods, stakeholder checkpoints, and iterative design processes
• The use of effective documentation practices to record decisions, participation, authority, and stakeholder concurrence
• The identification and mitigation of stakeholder-related risks before they result in delays, change orders, or project failure
• How to balance competing stakeholder interests while maintaining project objectives and delivering successful outcomes

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.