CompTIA Project+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide (Exam PK0-005)

CHAPTER 3

Working with Management

This chapter covers the following topics:

•   Obtaining management approval

•   Defining management’s role

•   Inventing a project kickoff

•   Creating management alliances

Management. That very word conjures up so many different visions for project managers. For some, it brings up the image of the irate and belligerent boss who’s always unhappy with someone about something. For others, it’s the image of the boss who hides away, dreading to make a decision on anything. Still, for some, management is not a bad word at all. To these people, management is a mentoring, guiding presence that wants projects to succeed.

Whatever type of management you’re dealing with, you have to work with them, and usually answer ...