STAKEHOLDERS MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND LEADERSHIP IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE WAY FORWARD

This article examines the roles of a project manager leadership in tackling project stakeholders’ management issues in the aim to deliver a successful project. It argues that while it is indeed delivering an outstanding project is a big challenge, but perception of project success varies from stakeholder to another. Therefore, a lack of deep stakeholders' analysis “identification, prioritization, and interest assessment will lead to divergence among stakeholders ‘perception of project success criteria and project success in general. Project manager leadership qualities and traits play a key role in accurately nailing down the project stakeholders' web to enhance the effectiveness of cooperation, collaboration, consultation, and communicating with the different project stakeholders in the aim to shape their expectations and consolidate a common project success criteria list.