Almost every guide or resource on Project Design I've ever read tells you to 'consult your stakeholders', almost none of them tell you how to actually do that -- how to functionally engage people when not everyone can be a decision-maker, and how to keep people engaged when realistically you can't do what they want.

In Part 2 Matt and I get into how to navigate these real-world situations. He shares:

• How he 'closes the loop': His approach to maintaining stakeholder engagement even when you can't incorporate their input.
• Why you should cook your projects, not bake them: How rigid, detailed plans often become straitjackets that hurt implementation (and what to do instead).
• The people principle: Why human dynamics - not templates or PowerPoints - determine whethe ...