Massimo Pirozzi
Rome, Italy


Massimo Pirozzi, MSc cum laude, Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Principal Consultant, Project Manager, and Educator. He is a Member of the Executive Board and of the Scientific Committee, and an Accredited Master Teacher, of the Istituto Italiano di Project Management (Italian Institute of 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 a Researcher, a Lecturer, and an Author about Stakeholder Management, Relationship Management, and Complex Projects Management, and his papers have been published in U.S.A., in Italy, and also in Russia; in particular, he is the Author of the innovative Book “The Stakeholder Perspective: Relationship Management to enhance Project value and Success”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton (FL), U.S.A., October 2019. Due to the acknowledgement of his comments on stakeholder-related issues contained in Exposure Draft of The Standard for Project Management - 7th Edition, he will be also included in the list of Contributors and Reviewers of The PMBOK® Guide - Seventh Edition.
Massimo Pirozzi has a wide experience in managing large and complex projects, programs, and portfolios in national and international contexts, and in managing business relations with public and private organizations, including multinational companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, research institutes, and non-profit organizations. He worked successfully in several sectors, including Defense, Security, Health, Education, Engineering, Logistics, Cultural Heritage, Transport, Gaming, Services to Citizens, Consulting, and Web. He was also, for many years, a Top Manager in ICT Industry, and an Adjunct Professor in Organizational Psychology. He is registered as an Expert both of the European Commission, and of Italian Public Administrations.
Massimo Pirozzi is an Accomplished Author and the International Correspondent in Italy of PM World Journal. He received two 2019 PM World Journal Editor’s Choice Awards for his featured paper “Stakeholders, Who Are They?”, and for his report from Italy titled “PM Expo® and PM Maturity Model ISIPM-Prado®”. He received also the 2018 PM World Journal Editor’s Choice Award for his featured paper “The Stakeholder Management Perspective to Increase the Success Rate of Complex Projects”.
Massimo can be contacted at max.pirozzi@gmail.com.
Updated July 2020
Articles and Papers
- On the Important Role of the PM World Journal - Letter to the Editor - Pirozzi - January 2021
- Project Management for Evidence Based Medicine: Some innovative approaches to support effective healthcare projects - Featured Paper - Pirozzi, Strigari - December 2020
- Managing high levels of project complexity via stakeholder perspective - Series Article - Pirozzi - November 2020
- Basic skills and behaviors: personal mastery, leadership, teaming, and ethics - Series Article - Pirozzi - October 2020
- Project communications 1.0 and 2.0: from information to interactivity (Stakeholder Perspective and Effective Relationship Management) - Series Article - Pirozzi - September 2020
- Stakeholder identification and analysis of their expectations (Stakeholder Perspective and Effective Relationship Management) - Series Article - Pirozzi - August 2020
- The central role of stakeholders in projects and in project management - Series Article - Pirozzi - July 2020
- Introduction to the Series (Stakeholder Perspective and Effective Relationship Management) - Series Article - Pirozzi - June 2020
- The fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the perspectives of projects and of project management (Project Management Update from Rome – English) - Report - Pirozzi - April 2020
- The fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the perspectives of projects and of project management (Project Management Update from Rome – Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi - April 2020
- On the Subject of PM Standards, People and Community - Letter to the Editor - Pirozzi - March 2020
- The Centrality of People in Modern Project Management: Issues, Competences, and Feelings from PM Community - Featured Paper - Pirozzi, Sampietro - February 2020
- PM Expo® 2019 and PM Maturity Model ISIPM-Prado® (Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi - December 2019
- PM Expo® 2019 and PM Maturity Model ISIPM-Prado® (Italy Project Management Roundup) - Report - Pirozzi - December 2019
- Stakeholders, who are they? - Featured Paper - Pirozzi - October 2019
- Project Management in Italian Public Administrations, the Decennial of “Il Project Manager” Magazine, PM Expo® 2019 is coming (Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi - September 2019
- Project Management in Italian Public Administrations, the Decennial of “Il Project Manager” Magazine, PM Expo® 2019 is coming (English) - Report - Pirozzi - September 2019
- The People of Project Management in Italy; PM Certifications in Italy (English) - Report - Pirozzi - April 2019
- The People of Project Management in Italy; PM Certifications in Italy (Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi - April 2019
- Project Management in Italy: PM Expo 2018 (Report from Rome – English) - Report - Pirozzi - December 2018
- Project Management in Italy: PM Expo 2018 (Report from Rome – Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi - December 2018
- June 2018 Country Report from Rome – English - Reports - Pirozzi - June 2018
- June 2018 Country Report from Rome – Italiano - Reports - Pirozzi - June 2018
- March 2018 Report from Italy (English) - Reports - Pirozzi - March 2018
- March 2018 Report from Italy (Italiano) - Reports - Pirozzi - March 2018
- The Stakeholder Management Perspective to increase the Success Rate of Complex Projects - Featured Papers - Pirozzi - January 2018
- The Stakeholder Perspective - Featured Papers - Pirozzi - June 2017