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		<title>Being a Project Sponsor Means Championing a Cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When talking about the positions on a project team, the ones that come to mind first are project leader, project manager and team members. Time is spent designing the project, selecting the right members, establishing the critical path leading to end goals, and establishing a reporting and measurement system. Unfortunately, what many firms discover is that the project still seems to get off course even with all the elements so carefully aligned. A project team, in the final analysis, needs what every team requires and that is a champion, or someone who keeps the team spirit alive while steering the project to ultimate success. A team also needs someone who serves as a negotiator who interfaces between the team and the rest of the organisation. The project managers and project leader are busy focusing solely on the project, but this can actually serve to isolate the team from the rest of the organisation unless there is a project sponsor governing the project as a component of a larger enterprise. That is where a project sponsor is invaluable. The sponsor is a key position which assumes several roles as project champion, project reviewer, project communicator and project diplomat. Project Champion As [...]]]></description>
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