Better Early Project Conversations – the human side of project initiation

The Association commissioned this study to provide further support to what is a vital stage of major projects, with the objective of encouraging professionals to focus on how leaders work and talk together. As one senior Association member told us, ‘What really matters is the quality and depth of the early conversations between the key players.’ This report provides guidance and insight on what those conversations ought to cover and how they should be conducted.

At the end of the report there is a non-exhaustive list of topics for these early conversations and some prompts for the issues they should cover.