CHAPTER 1
Preparing to Work with Your Sponsor
How many project managers get to choose the projects they manage? Not many. The project allocation process in most companies just doesn’t work that way, does it?
Now, how many project managers get to choose the project sponsors they work with? Probably none. Again, it just doesn’t work that way in most, perhaps any, organizations. You won’t get the opportunity to ask a sponsor for her résumé and put her through a formal interview process—nice as it would be to say, “I’m sorry, but I just don’t think that this is the job for you right now,” if she isn’t a great fit for the position.
But perhaps you ...
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