{"id":872,"date":"2022-06-29T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/?p=872"},"modified":"2022-07-16T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:58:26","slug":"whats-the-biggest-pain-point-for-project-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/whats-the-biggest-pain-point-for-project-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Managers Have This Biggest Pain Point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"What's the biggest pain point for project managers?\" class=\"wp-image-873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220627-The-Biggest-Pain-Point-for-PMs-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past several weeks, I reached out to project managers in my network and asked them what their biggest project problems were. The top pain point was mentioned by twice as many people as the second. Make a guess. What\u2019s your greatest project challenge? If your answer is stakeholder management, you are in good company. Four out of five respondents struggled with stakeholder issues. Most mentioned several stakeholder challenges they were facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeholder management problems sound like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 there are conflicts between stakeholders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders don&#8217;t know what they want<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders are not aligned on what they want; they are not aligned on priorities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 beneficiaries are not aligned around the design resulting in push back and resistance during implementation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders don&#8217;t listen to subject matter experts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 key stakeholder nano-manages things and in the end complicates the project and confuses team members<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders rigidly follow obsolete methodologies and are not open to better ways of doing things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders &#8220;punish&#8221; the PM for being the messenger of bad news<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 key stakeholders are disengaged<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 broader stakeholders, those impacted by the project, are not engaged<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders don&#8217;t understand the importance of certain decisions and the impact of their decisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 getting people&#8217;s time. People are short on time to talk about the project. You can get it initially but not so much as things go on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 whoever is on your project also works on 5 other projects. How do we keep them engaged and deliver projects better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 it&#8217;s hard to identify clear stakeholders when it isn&#8217;t that clear in an organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 it&#8217;s unclear who owns what aspects of the project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 stakeholders want fixed budget estimates and fixed schedule estimates before all the details are available<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 key stakeholders lack technical skills, subject matter expertise and\/or project management skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 managing expectations of external stakeholders outside the organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you resonate with one or more of these statements? If you don\u2019t, count your lucky stars. If you do, know that you are in good company. I wanted to help, thought long and hard, and designed a process to help PMs overcome their specific biggest problem in 30 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But before that, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanhow.com\/projectmanagercoach\/whats-the-2-3-and-4-biggest-challenges-project-managers-face\/\">second, third, and fourth biggest challenges project managers face<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past several weeks, I reached out to project managers in my network and asked them what their biggest project problems were. The top pain point was mentioned by twice as many people as the second. Make a guess. What\u2019s your greatest project challenge? 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