How to deal with project executives.

Right now, when I say deal with, of course I do not mean a great away Battle Royal cage go with your Project Executive (PE). After all, when you come to a point in the project and you and the PE differ, fundamentally (on a specific merchant, let's say). Let's presume, for the purpose of this article, you have already sat down and reviewed the issue on sensible conditions and you still both sit on contrary sides of the concern... what do you do? As the Project Supervisor (PM), you are in charge of ensuring the achievements of the project. As the PE, your colleague will be accountable for the success of the job. You both have a lot at stake, so some discussions can get quite heated. There are a few things you can do to solve this:
Try to determine the PE's motivation for their decision.
Are they determined purely by the success of the project, and there other areas that may be influencing them? Their boss? Office national politics? Desire to be acknowledged? After getting determined this, it may make compromise a little easier.

Acknowledge their position, but also identify its risks.
You are able to say things like "I understand that choosing the smaller vendor will be less expensive in the short-term, but my experience has shown that you may conclude duplicity your costs later whenever we realize the vendor's short-comings. It is not right or wrong, only the best risk. " By simply identifying the risks, you are separating the idea from the person and judging purely based on the merits of the idea, not who came up up with it.

Understand when to concede and put it behind you.
After going through each of the right steps and your PE is still ranking firm on the position, you also need to know if you should let it go. The PE has ultimate accountability, so at some time you need to move forwards. This is simply not easy or fun, but is sometimes in the best interest of the project. This is not "giving in, inches it is merely being smart. You are not heading to win every challenge. Input it behind you and move on.

There is not any right answer to this situation, however, you should only be doing what you are comfortable with. I use recently told clients which i argue with their opinion, but I will go along with it as they are the client and have the final say. I acknowledge to move forward reticently, but I also clarify that the risks have been discovered and that I will not be held accountable if the decision turns out to be the wrong one! However, it is also important that if the decision turns out to be the right one, provide a PE some credit.

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