We all know that the more power you have, the better you are able to get the job completed. The problem is most project managers have lots of responsibility, but hardly any authority and since most projects exist outside core business structures, they are forced to develop other methods of influence.
One unspoken evil that is often ignored in IT project management training courses is the politics of project management. While most of us view politics with disgust; there is no refuting that effective project managers are often seen as those who are equipped and able to employ fitting political strategies to further their project goals.
Have you ever included office politics as a risk on your risk register? Probably not. Though, consider the potential implications of ignoring the ugly stepchild of IT project management?
While it is unlikely that office politics would be listed directly as a risk on your risk register, it is quite likely that one or more of the outcomes of it would. As a res…
