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Tony Newport, BA World Symposium

28 July 2008

Tony Newport, Business Consultant for Fronde will speak at the BA World Symposium in Wellington on July 28th and 29th. The topic: 'Surprise them early – Using a RAP to open stakeholder eyes'

Surprise them early – Using a RAP to open stakeholder eyes

Two of the critical success factors for any project are communication with and between the stakeholders, and stakeholder understanding of the project. Too many times, the stakeholders get nasty surprises in the middle of the project, when they find out what they are paying for, what they are getting and who is expected to do what. Using an agile approach to define the project scope and boundaries right at the start helps to ensure that all stakeholders (including the business analysts) go into the project with their eyes wide open. An agile RAP (rapid planning) session is a useful tool to increase stakeholder understanding and communication.

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Tony's presentation was a great sucess, many people who saw it have asked for the presentation slides. If you would like to download this PDF file please click on the link below.

Surprise them early using a RAP session to open stakeholder eyes - Tony Newport.pdf (3MB)

You can also download Chapter Five of the book People and Project Management by Rob Thomsett. This chapter covers RApid Planning. Please click the link below.

People and Project Management, by Rob Thomsett, Chapter Five.pdf (590kb)