Massimo Pirozzi
Massimo Pirozzi, MSc cum laude, Principal Project Manager and Consultant, Lecturer, Educator. He is an Accomplished Author and an International Editorial Advisor for the PM World Journal, and a Member of the Board in Istituto Italiano di Project Management. He is certified as a Professional Project Manager, as an Information Security Management Systems Lead Auditor, and as an International Mediator. He is registered as an Expert of the European Commission, and of Italian Public Administrations.
Biography
I am a Principal Project Manager and Consultant, a Lecturer, an Educator. I am an Accomplished Author and an International Editorial Advisor of the PM World Journal. I am also a Member and the Secretary of the Executive Board, a Member of the Scientific Committee, and an Accredited Master Teacher, of the Istituto Italiano di Project Management (Italian Institute of Project Management). I am certified as a Professional Project Manager, as an Information Security Management Systems Lead Auditor, and as an International Mediator. I am registered as an Expert both of the European Commission, and of Italian Public Administrations. I received three 2020 PM World Journal Editor's Choice Awards, two 2019 PM World Journal Editor’s Choice Awards, and one 2018 PM World Journal Editor’s Choice Award. I also got International acknowledgements by Russell D. Archibald, a globally-recognized author, consultant and lecturer on project management, and by Alan Stretton, one of the pioneers of modern project management. I have recently been recognized by Project Management Institute as a Contributor and Reviewer of The PMBOK® Guide - Seventh Edition, and I received the "Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence for volunteer contributions to the Project Management Institute and the project management profession in 2020".Education
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MSc in Electronic Engineering, University of Rome, 1981
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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I am a a Researcher, a Lecturer, and an Author about Stakeholder Management, Relationship Management, and Complex Projects Management; in particular, I am the Author of the Book “The Stakeholder Perspective: Relationship Management to Increase Value and Success Rates of Projects”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, October 2019. I have a wide experience in managing large and complex projects in national and international contexts, and in managing relations with public and private organizations, including multinational companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, research institutes, and non-profit organizations. I worked successfully in several sectors, including Defense, Security, Health, Education, Cultural Heritage, Transport, Gaming, and Services to Citizens. I was also, for many years, a Top Manager in ICT Industry, and an Adjunct Professor in Organizational Psychology.
Personal Interests
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Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Relationship Management, Effective Communication, Integrating Rational and Relational Approaches, Facing and Solving Complexity
Websites
Books
Articles
Online Communication to Increase Project Value by Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement
Published: May 08, 2021 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi, Marco Pirozzi
Subjects:
Business & Management, Ergonomics & Human Factors, Gaming
This paper gives an overview about the essential role of interactive communication in the projects, shows how the stakeholder engagement acts as an enabler of the project value, highlights the important role that online communication may have in all projects, and finally proposes, as an example of successful use of online communication, the case of video games projects.
Project Management for Healthcare: The Case of the Translational Research
Published: Apr 08, 2021 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi, Lidia Strigari
Subjects:
Business & Management, Healthcare
This paper briefly gives an overview about translational research, examines the peculiar characteristics of translational research projects, and proposes project management as an effective support to face complexity, to realize efficacy and efficiency, to satisfy stakeholder requirements and expectations, to target project success, and to reduce drastically the threats and the uncertainties.
The Perceived Value: a powerful influencer of project success
Published: Jan 08, 2021 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi
Subjects:
Business & Management, Ergonomics & Human Factors
This paper focuses on the effective management of perceived value, which, being purely stakeholder-centered and, therefore, subjective, requires a specific professional approach, also to draw out those stakeholder expectations and cause-effect relationships that are often unexplored, and/or unexpressed, and/or even hidden.
Project Management for Evidence Based Medicine: some innovative approaches to support effective healthcare projects
Published: Dec 08, 2020 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi, Lidia Strigari
Subjects:
Business & Management, Healthcare, Information Technology
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) integrates best scientific evidence with clinical expertise and patient values and expectations, while Project Management discipline can support EBM in facing complexity. This paper shows the utility of project management in supporting effective EBM projects by facing complexity with efficacy and efficiency, and proposes innovative stakeholder/patient-centered approaches and models, which may increase healthcare projects’ success rates and delivered value.
Stakeholders, who are they?
Published: Oct 08, 2019 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi
Subjects:
Business & Management
This paper focuses on stakeholders, and on their importance with respect to projects. At first, the origin and the history of this word help to understand the complexity of this role. Then, the centrality of stakeholders, , is demonstrated. Then, an accurate overview about all different project stakeholders is made. Finally, the concepts of importance both of stakeholder relationships and of stakeholder management are introduced.
The Stakeholder Management Perspective to Increase the Success Rate of Complex Projects
Published: Jan 08, 2018 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi
Subjects:
Business & Management
At first, projects are classified on the basis of their complexity. Then, stakeholder management perspective is shown as a Critical Success Factor. Then, managing value in complicated and in complex projects by using appropriate Key Performance Indicators is presented, and effective stakeholder management is demonstrated to be a powerful way to increase the projects' success rate.
The Stakeholder Perspective
Published: Jun 08, 2017 by PM World Journal
Authors: Massimo Pirozzi
Subjects:
Business & Management
After an overview on stakeholders' domain, their centrality with respect to both projects and project management is demonstrated, and the value of stakeholder relations is described in detail. An innovative behavioral model is then proposed for the purpose of drastically reduce the complexity of stakeholder domain, and managing effectively stakeholder network is demonstrated as essential in project management.
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Videos
Published: Jul 30, 2020
The Stakeholder Perspective is an innovative, people centered approach to increase value and success rates of projects. The video includes an overview of immediately applicable techniques for stakeholder identification, analysis of stakeholder requirements and expectations, and management of stakeholder relationships.
Published: Oct 26, 2018
Published: Oct 24, 2017