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Management Appears To Lose Interest In The Project Due To Other CommitmentsManagement Appears To Lose Interest In The Project Due To Other CommitmentsMany projects are started, but few finish. This is true of project management in general. It is even more true with international projects. Management at headquarters is subject to many demands on their time. If the project seems to running along without problems, it may be left alone. People may forget about the project due to other priorities and pressing issues. ImpactIf management loses interest, the project manager may begin to lose interest as well. This is more frequent when the project leader lacks experience in previous large projects. The project leader may begin to search for another job. The project team may begin to drift away from the project. PreventionHow a project is to be managed and coordinated over an extended period of time must be defined at the start of the project. It should be assumed that management will lose interest. This is not a bad thing; it is a fact of life. The project support should come from the people who will benefit from the project results. That is, in the end, what keeps the project going. To maintain management interest, a useful approach is to keep feeding status and issues to managers. ActionTo rekindle management interest, the project leader can undertake to showcase some of the recent milestones of the project. This will create interest. This can be followed up by surfacing issues. 270
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