ABSTRACT
This chapter talks about the importance of building good relationships with your project board and this really is the key to avoiding adversarial relationships with your project board. There are a number of considerations when choosing a project board; for example, how many people should you have on the project board, which elements of the business should be represented on the project board. When starting projects, there is often a temptation to ensure that every stakeholder is represented on the project board. This is not necessary, however, and research has demonstrated that larger project boards tend to have less clarity about roles which leads to low attendance and poor engagement, thus making them more inefficient. The better project boards are able to rely on their project information and risk management data to have an objective discussion that informs the correct decision to take. Some project boards have poor risk management information that fails to help them in reaching a decision.
