Teams
Project Roles and Responsibilities
By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP The following are project roles and responsibilities: Project Sponsor – A person or group that provides the financial resources for the project. The sponsor has authority over the project, approves scope changes, provides high-level direction, and champions the project. Steering Committee – Provides assistance in resolving issues that arise beyond the project... »
Project Stakeholders
By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP The PMBOK defines project stakeholders as a, “Person or organization (e.g. customer, sponsor, performing organization, or the public) that is actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project. A stakeholder may also exert influence over the project... »
Project Team Conflict
By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Project team conflict can be healthy because it tends to strengthen the team after it is resolved. Conflict forces people to confront a situation, identify causes, and look for solutions. Understanding the nature of conflict and how to resolve it is just another tool that should be in every project... »
Team Development
By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Project teams are usually assembled based on the skills, experience or knowledge required to complete the current project. When the project is completed, the team is disbanded as one of the final project activities during the closeout phase. As a project team comes together, it is likely that there will be... »
The Peter Principle
“In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence” (Dr Laurence Peter, 1919-90, Canadian academic, from the 1969 book, The Peter Principle, written by Dr Peter and Raymond Hull – Peter was the academic; Hull the writer) Far from being an indictment of people, Laurence Peter’s ideas were mostly focused on... »
Do You Have a Team Contract?
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP A team contract outlines the rules governing how a project team will interact during the course of their project. It is not a legal document per se, but more of an agreement in principle that provides a common understanding of acceptable behavior between team members throughout the project. Introducing a team... »
5 Basic Features Of Good Project Manager
The project manager has great role to play in managing the projects to get the better productivity, ease operation and well focused to the target market. There are different skills require to manage the project smoothly. The characteristics of good manager should be defined with five main criteria like managerial, communication, leadership, team management and... »
Project Manager: Roles and Skills
Generally, the project manager is responsible for the overall accomplishment of the project, and accountable for ensuring objectives of the project’s assignment. One foremost responsibility of the project manager is; the very project itself. The person who takes this ultimate responsibility and guarantees for the desired result to be achieved on time, and within budget is... »
Being a Project Sponsor Means Championing a Cause
When talking about the positions on a project team, the ones that come to mind first are project leader, project manager and team members. Time is spent designing the project, selecting the right members, establishing the critical path leading to end goals, and establishing a reporting and measurement system. Unfortunately, what many firms discover... »
Performance Management – How to run Effective One-to-ones
Managing the performance of each of their Team Members is one of the main accountabilities of the Manager. The goal is that each Team Member will achieve the desired performance and will continually improve and develop. The People Management process to achieve this is the regular one-to-one performance management meeting. This is not the... »
