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Project Management: Two Approaches
5 Factors that
Make a Project a Success
By: Eric Verzuh, the author of
The Fast Forward MBA in Project
Management
To be successful, a project must
have:
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Agreement
among the project stakeholders the
team, customer, and management
on the goals of the project...
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GREAT Model
By: Michael S. Dobson
To make your project team function
effectively, the first thing you need to know is the GREAT model:
Goals; Results;
Expectations / Performance;
Accountabilities / Abilities;
Timing.
The GREAT model specifies what people must know before they can work
together effectively...
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Project Management: Business Synergies Approach
The 10 Key Project
Leader Skills
50 Rules of Project
Management
Everyone asks for a strong
project manager
when they get them they dont want them.
Managing IT people is like herding cats.
You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline,
but you cannot con him into meeting it. ..
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How To Break Down
Barriers To Communication
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Stages of Project Team
Development |
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Forming
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The team first comes together; discovering
"Why? What? Who? When?". Conflicts have not begin to emerge yet |
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Storming
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Disagreements arise about what needs to be done and who will do it.
People merge their individual perceptions of how the work should be done
and mold a group perception. Having a strong
common goal
is one of the most important driving forces to
resolving conflicts. This is
a necessary and useful stage is you want to create, alignment and
ownership. |
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Norming
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The
goals, roles, and boundaries have been clarified and accepted by team
members. They have taken ownership and accountability for getting the
work done. Regular team meetings are required at this stage so that team
members can
monitor progress
and solve problems as they arise. |
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Performing
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The team
becomes a true team, working in unison, supporting one another. The
team, not the leader, manages the project. Team members make adjustments
to keep the deliverables on track; they
monitor
progress
and
manage change.
The team takes full ownership and accountability, not only for the work
to be done, but for the team dynamics as well. |
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Team
Assessment
Adapted
from Project Management, by P.Martin and K.Tate |
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Complete the following team assessment, using a 1 to 5 scale:
1 = never
2 = sometimes
3 = half the time
4 = most of the time
5 = all of the time
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Team member goals are
aligned with the organization's/project's goals
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The team is focused on
interdependent actions
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Team members participate in the planning
and monitoring/control processes
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Major decisions are made
primarily by consensus
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The organization/project leader and team
members own the work/project plan and its execution
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Team members are empowered
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Conflicts arise and are resolved collaboratively
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People on the team feel listened to and supported
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Individual style differences are honored
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Individual needs are of concern to the team
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