The Missing Link: Leveraging Informal Networks to Improve Project Success Rates
The statistics about project success are daunting: too many fail to finish on time, within budget, and according to scope. Only 5% of change initiatives are completed on time and with minimal disruption to the organization, according to Gartner. Clearly, traditional tools are not enough.
Every organization has hidden networks of relationships that employees use in order to get work done, make decisions, and solve problems. These networks have been largely ignored, but hold the keys to improving performance and accelerating change. In this presentation, PMI Mass Bay Chapter members learned how PMs can use hidden networks to improve project performance.
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