Stakeholder buy-in

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Stakeholder buy-in is the glue that binds all elements of a project together and ensures that the change will actually happen”.( May, 2016). It is important to have the backing of the decision makers/stakeholders both within and outside of an organization to successfully push a change project through because:

  1. They will provide expertise from their wealth of knowledge about current process, historical information and way forward, thereby, bringing value to the project.
  2. They will help reduce or uncover risks involved in change project process in terms of project needs, constraints and plans to mitigate those problems as they arise to increase the chances of project success.
  3. They help to increase the success of the project by speeding up the process, providing resources and creating the support needed to move change forward.
  4. Finally, they have the power and authority to grant the project acceptance. (Schoenhard, 2017).