How to Present, Part 1: Show the Numbers
The other day I walked through a hotel lobby and saw the common scenario of two business people looking at a laptop displaying a bar chart. Most business presentations—whether for an audience of one or one thousand—contain charts and tables.
How to Interview Stakeholders, Part 2
In the first part of this series I explored what makes a good stakeholder interview in general. In this article, I will write about how to use open questions, sketches and thinking out loud during stakeholder interviews. These techniques from the fields of usability and user experience can make interviews with project stakeholders more effective.
How to Interview Stakeholders, Part 1
A good interview helps us understand expectations, gain insights and win people for our cause. For project managers, interviewing is an important technique for clarifying stakeholder requirements. What makes a good interview? I'll be exploring this in several parts. In this article, I cover preparing for and conducting a stakeholder interview.