CHAPTER 2
Working with a Sponsor
You already know that sponsors are generally busy, in-demand people, and your project is just one activity among many that your sponsor is currently working on. She will want everything from you that you want from her. She doesn’t want an absent project manager, an inexperienced project manager, an untrained project manager, or a micromanaging project manager—and she certainly doesn’t want a project manager who wants to be the project sponsor.
What she does want is confidence that everything is under control, that you will keep her informed as required, and that you will use her time, knowledge, influence, and ...
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