Management of Stakeholders in Project Management

Abstract

As a result of current changes is evident today is a large increase of resources for the project method and of the number and diversity of new projects and concepts. The projects management has gotten highlight into the administration models and has been the factor to provide speed, robustness, consistency and operational excellence in the achievement of projects. Also, management of stakeholders in projects management comes getting notoriety and at the same each time efforts to develop organizational skills in the projects management are being doing. In this context, the present research had as objective to examine how some of the largest hardware supplier industries in Brazil are managing their stakeholders in the management of their projects. Describing the methodological procedures, the research is classified as quali-quantitative and descriptive. This method was used to search information about the company object of this study that had assisted the analysis of the quantitative information, obtained through the application of a structured form applied in order to interview a sample of five companies that supply the area of hardware industry in Brazil. Results showed that most of the companies covered lacks a formal area management projects, and generally use their own methodologies to manage their projects. Now, as the management of stakeholders within a project is discussed in an informal manner, with no major concerns about the relationship with its key stakeholders.