Managing stakeholders in a technology landscape
Most of how you manage stakeholders is not unique – all disciplines need a stakeholder list, a communication plan, and roles and responsibilities. However, there are some aspects to working in a technology company that can add some additional constraints to how we move forward. We’ll take a look at three aspects of how managing stakeholders can be different while working in a tech environment:
- Communication systems
- Tooling
- Technical and non-technical stakeholders
Communication systems
Working for a technology company means you get to work with cutting-edge software; however, this can also be a burden. During the pandemic, many companies scrambled to update and add additional ways to communicate while workers were remote. Companies have since transitioned into a seemingly permanent hybrid model of working from home and the office, and it’s hovering around the 50/50 ratio – at least...