Abstract
Today's technological disciplines responsible for new facility and infrastructural
projects are now becoming seriously attuned to the idea of concern for the physical
environment. Certainly, the project managers of such projects need to be similarly
aware of these concerns and manage their projects accordingly. This applies to
both the project's long term impacts arising out of the project's conceptual
formulation, as well as its shorter term construction impacts arising during
execution.
However, today's project manager also needs to be attuned to the cultural,
organizational and social environments surrounding the project. Understanding
this environment includes identifying the project stakeholders and their ability
to affect its successful outcome. This leads to the possibility of influencing
this environment in a positive way, for the better reception of the change which
the project is designed to introduce.
Thus, the influencable risks involved may be significantly reduced,
and failure to take such an approach will inevitably lead to a less
than satisfactory outcome. This paper discusses various aspects
of the project environment, and suggests ways in which it may be
influenced in order to increase the probability of a successful
outcome.
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