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 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, and he received the Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence for his volunteer contributions to the Project Management Institute and the project management profession in 2020.
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 an International Editorial Advisor of PM World Journal. He received three 2020 PM World Journal Editor’s Choice Awards for his featured paper “Project Management for Evidence Based Medicine” (co-authored with Dr. Lidia Strigari), for his Article “Project communications 1.0 and 2.0: from information to interactivity” and for his report from Italy titled “The fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the perspectives of projects and of project management”. He received also 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®”, and a 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 August 2021
Articles and Papers
- Effectively managing negative and neutral stakeholders: a critical challenge - Featured Paper - Pirozzi -
- Project, Program and Portfolio Management: the scalability of systemic approach to improve project strategic alignment - Featured Paper - Caressa, Pirozzi -
- On the importance of project management process groups - Letter to the Editor - Pirozzi -
- Project, Program and Portfolio Management for the National Recovery and Resilience Plans in the European Union - Featured Paper - Minelle, Pirozzi, Quagliarini, Apponi, Brusciotti, Buzzi, Mancone -
- An Innovative Integrated Approach to Manage Effectively the Complex Projects, Programs, and Portfolios - Featured Paper - Caressa, Pirozzi -
- The Everlasting Importance of a Common Project Management Language - Commentary - Pirozzi -
- Online Communication to Increase Project Value by Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement - Featured Paper - Pirozzi, Pirozzi -
- Project Management for Healthcare: the Case of the Translational Research - Featured Paper - Pirozzi, Strigari -
- The Perceived Value: a powerful influencer of project success - Featured Paper - Pirozzi -
- On the Important Role of the PM World Journal - Letter to the Editor - Pirozzi -
- Project Management for Evidence Based Medicine: Some innovative approaches to support effective healthcare projects - Featured Paper - Pirozzi, Strigari -
- Managing high levels of project complexity via stakeholder perspective - Series Article - Pirozzi -
- Basic skills and behaviors: personal mastery, leadership, teaming, and ethics - Series Article - Pirozzi -
- Project communications 1.0 and 2.0: from information to interactivity (Stakeholder Perspective and Effective Relationship Management) - Series Article - Pirozzi -
- Stakeholder identification and analysis of their expectations (Stakeholder Perspective and Effective Relationship Management) - Series Article - Pirozzi -
- The central role of stakeholders in projects and in project management - Series Article - Pirozzi -
- Introduction to the Series (Stakeholder Perspective and Effective Relationship Management) - Series Article - Pirozzi -
- The fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the perspectives of projects and of project management (Project Management Update from Rome – English) - Report - Pirozzi -
- The fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the perspectives of projects and of project management (Project Management Update from Rome – Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi -
- On the Subject of PM Standards, People and Community - Letter to the Editor - Pirozzi -
- The Centrality of People in Modern Project Management: Issues, Competences, and Feelings from PM Community - Featured Paper - Pirozzi, Sampietro -
- PM Expo® 2019 and PM Maturity Model ISIPM-Prado® (Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi -
- PM Expo® 2019 and PM Maturity Model ISIPM-Prado® (Italy Project Management Roundup) - Report - Pirozzi -
- Stakeholders, who are they? - Featured Paper - Pirozzi -
- Project Management in Italian Public Administrations, the Decennial of “Il Project Manager” Magazine, PM Expo® 2019 is coming (Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi -
- Project Management in Italian Public Administrations, the Decennial of “Il Project Manager” Magazine, PM Expo® 2019 is coming (English) - Report - Pirozzi -
- The People of Project Management in Italy; PM Certifications in Italy (English) - Report - Pirozzi -
- The People of Project Management in Italy; PM Certifications in Italy (Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi -
- Project Management in Italy: PM Expo 2018 (Report from Rome – English) - Report - Pirozzi -
- Project Management in Italy: PM Expo 2018 (Report from Rome – Italiano) - Report - Pirozzi -
- June 2018 Country Report from Rome – English - Reports - Pirozzi -
- June 2018 Country Report from Rome – Italiano - Reports - Pirozzi -
- March 2018 Report from Italy (English) - Reports - Pirozzi -
- March 2018 Report from Italy (Italiano) - Reports - Pirozzi -
- The Stakeholder Management Perspective to increase the Success Rate of Complex Projects - Featured Papers - Pirozzi -
- The Stakeholder Perspective - Featured Papers - Pirozzi -