ABSTRACT
The implementation strategy for a sensitive project is characterised by the fact that one is first interested in the key players before being interested in the tasks to be carried out. For a technical project the human aspects are easy: one starts by listing the tasks and then organises them in a plan. A field of play is designed and defined within which the key players can be active. In theory, nothing is simpler than to draw up the field of play for a project. However, defining the field of play always throws up surprises. One starts by working very calmly on a clean sheet of paper on a flip-chart. Soon there are ten sheets stuck on the wall of the meeting room, each filled with arrows, crosses and question marks. The field of play had been reduced to those who forced themselves on to it.
