ABSTRACT
Actions by allies are indispensable: it is they who will ‘make’ the project in real terms. Once the first circle is formed, and once it is working, two types of behaviours should be avoided by the project management: leaving the allies on their own and acting for them. Leaving the allies to act totally on their own runs the risk that they will stop at the first difficulty, or, worse, that they might lose track of what is to be achieved. If allies are poor at organising themselves or acting, it is tempting to tell them what to do or even for project members to do it themselves. Quite often allies are neither professionals of change nor people used to tense situations. The allies will have to mobilise their teams. They will have to accomplish by themselves what the project managers have already achieved with them. Using the allies’ strategy a dozen volunteers are selected.
