The British Academy for Training and Development offers the Managing Project Stakeholders course. The course offers attendees with the essential skills to identify relevant stakeholders, analyse their interests, and formulate engagement strategies critical in achieving project success. It covers techniques for stakeholder communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation to enable project managers to efficiently attend to varying interests in the project. The course expands on stakeholder risk management, influence mapping, and relationship building to help professionals maintain strong working relations throughout the project life cycle. There is an enhancement of project execution competencies in the application of stakeholder expectation management and strategic decision-making to lead all projects to successful completion while in the good graces of stakeholder relationships. This course aims to help attendees identify project stakeholders and manage their expectations? Participants will learn about stakeholder management plans, stakeholder registers, and ways to engage stakeholders properly in any decision-making or implementation activity of a project. The course shall further enrich the skills of the attendees under the concepts of leadership, negotiation, communication, and conflict management, which equip them to engage stakeholders in project decisions and activities implying common appropriate tools.

Objective:At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:Identify stakeholders and their roles in projects.Analyse stakeholder interests and expectations.Formulate strategies for stakeholder engagement in alignment with project objectives.Increase the effectiveness of stakeholder communication by using multiple channels.Facilitate conflict resolution using effective negotiation techniques.Manage stakeholder risks to prevent delays to project work.Employ influence mapping to beautify power dynamics.Build solid stakeholder relationships for extended success.Guarantee stakeholder expectations management to align the project. Who Should Attend?

The course is designed for:

Project managers and team leaders.Business analysts managing project requirements.Stakeholder relationship managers planning to build collaboration.Executives and decision-makers in project governance.Consultants and advisors working alongside project based organisations.How will attendees benefit?

Attendees of the Managing Project Stakeholders course will gain numerous benefits:

The stakeholder engagement techniques serve to promote relationships between stakeholders and project management in order to align the expectations and goals of the project. The stakeholder communication skills address means of communicating project status updates and emerging concerns, enabling a collaborative environment. Conflict resolution enhancement relates to negotiation and conflict management that transform stakeholder disagreements into constructive action. Strengthened decision-making techniques include an application of influence mapping, stakeholder analysis, and decision-making for project considerations. Risk management maximises success by identifying and minimising stakeholder related risks during project execution in order to prevent delay and disruption.Greater chance of project success occurs if more are understood about balancing competing interests and expectations of various stakeholders so that the project can be realised in a smooth manner.This course is practically oriented and includes case studies and interactive exercises for hands-on learning. 

At the end of this course, attendees will be equipped with the tools and self-assurance to manage stakeholder relationships in favor of efficient project-based outcomes.

1. Introduction to Stakeholder Management

• Understanding stakeholder roles and influence

• Importance of effective stakeholder engagement

2. Stakeholder Identification and Analysis

• Techniques to identify key stakeholders

• Stakeholder mapping for influence and interest

3. Developing Engagement Strategies

• Creating a stakeholder communication plan

• Aligning project goals with stakeholder expectations

4. Stakeholder Communication and Relationship Building

• Best practices for stakeholder dialogue

• Strengthening engagement through trust and collaboration

5. Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Techniques

• Handling stakeholder conflicts effectively

• Applying negotiation strategies for win-win outcomes

6. Stakeholder Risk Management

• Identifying and mitigating stakeholder-related risks

• Managing expectations to prevent project disruptions

7. Influence Mapping and Decision-Making

• Understanding power dynamics in stakeholder interactions

• Enhancing project decisions with stakeholder insights

8. Case Studies and Practical Applications

• Real-world examples of stakeholder management

• Interactive exercises on stakeholder engagement strategies