Module 2: Identifying Stakeholders and Initiating a Project

Module Overview

This module offers explicit coverage of a project lifecycle. That is, identifying stakeholders and initiating a project. The student will be able to familiarize themself with the fundamental process in the project initiation stage. Through careful analysis of an array of existing literature, this course presents three primary program initiation activities, presented in this module’s three parts. The first part is the introduction, which consists of a preview of the previous module’s content and offers a link to the current one. The second part, the project initiation process, highlights the basic processes undertaken at the first phase of the project management lifecycle. These include determining the specific problem to solve or an opportunity to exploit, identify the relevant stakeholders, and define the project scope, resources, and schedule. The last part of this module explores the roles and attributes of various key stakeholders in project management.

This extensive coverage is expected to present the learner with in-depth insights into the critical first step in the project lifecycle. Moreover, the course employs a blend of charts and diagrams to reinforce the learner’s cognitive skills pertinent to comprehending project management concepts and eventually applying them in real-life business circumstances. Given the module’s limited scope, the full coverage of this course is anticipated to take two and a half months.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the learner is expected to:

i.  Describe the key processes undertaken in the initiation phase of project management.

ii.  Interpret the various diagrams used in the initiation stage and their implications on the real-world context.

iii.  Apply the concepts of identifying problems, determining stakeholders, and defining the scope in real programs.

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Emmanuel Addo
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Emmanuel Addo is the founder of the Young Global Leaders Network, an international non-governmental organization registered in six (6) countries namely, Ghana, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan and has a membership strength of over 15,000 young black professionals, students, graduates, and aspiring leaders.

The organization also operates in 25 other African countries. Emmanuel also doubles as the chief convener and founder of the Young African Leaders Summit, one of the largest continental youth summits in Africa.  

Currently works at Kingston University as a Business Engagement Team Member in their Partnerships and Engagement Department. 

He characterizes energy, integrity, result-oriented, and ground-breaking service in each detail of strategic management, change management, stakeholder management, and leadership acquaintances.
Emmanuel owns a core background in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Ghana.

Leveraging his experience as a youth activist and a dynamic young man, Emmanuel founded the Young Global Leaders Network, a youth organization that comprises young diplomats, young politicians, and aspiring politicians, business/entrepreneurial business leaders with the aim of championing a mutual agenda for the African youth and promoting youth participation in governance as well as promoting entrepreneurial culture.
Emmanuel nurtures an environment of teamwork and has expertise in data collection and analysis as well as both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Emmanuel worked as an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Advanced Management where he delivered a wide range of business management courses that involved principles of marketing, leadership, operation management, and research methods. Emmanuel has always maintained high teaching and learning standards to ensure that his students’ stand out in academic achievements and successful progression. As a stout believer and passionate key player in volunteering; Emmanuel creates quality time to giving back gladly to his community what he has learned and to educate individuals with free consultancy on career development. He is a leader anyone would love to look up to and with great integrity, commitment, and passion to make the world a better place.
Emmanuel worked as Qualifications Manager at the Open University in the UK.

Emmanuel is also the founder of Kickstart Innovation Hub Ltd, the entrepreneurial hub of Young Global Leaders Network.