Six Characteristic Stages of Team Development
Six Characteristic Stages of Team Development By J. Alex Sherrer Though we often use the term team as a catch-all for any group of people, there is a distinction between a work group and...
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Staff Development: A Key Success Factor in Project Management
Staff Development: A Key Success Factor in Project Management By Michael L Young How many times have you read the term ‘Staff Development’ in a duty statement and sighed or rolled your eyes and...
Combating the Challenges of a Matrix Organization
Combating the Challenges of a Matrix Organization By Kathlika Thomas When project teams are built in preparation for an upcoming assignment, the structure of the surrounding enterprise organization can greatly affect how easy it...
What Do Team Members Want From Their Project Manager?
What Do Team Members Want From Their Project Manager? By Bruce McGraw There are character traits that most of us would like to believe we possess and that we want to find in the...
RACI and RACI-VS
RACI and RACI-VS By Ray W. Frohnhoefer Managing the expectations of a Project Team can often be more difficult than managing those of external stakeholders. Teams “form, storm, norm, and perform”, but short projects...
Organization Structures in Project Management
Organization Structures in Project Management By Michael D. Taylor While there are various types of organizations used today, the two most prominent are the functional and matrix forms. Functional Organization Structure Prior to about...
Types of Organizations from a Project Management Perspective
Types of Organizations from a Project Management Perspective By Moises Ortiz All projects are about teamwork and the way your team works depends on the type of organization your company is. Project managers will...
People, Process, and Performance Management in Project Management
People, Process, and Performance Management in Project Management By William Thom Project Managers are People Managers. Many of us have heard this over the years, but is that it? Are we nothing more than...
Critical Team Development and Intervention Tips for Project Managers
Critical Team Development and Intervention Tips for Project Managers By Daniel Seet Introduction The saying goes that the Human Resource Management (HRM) profession is really six to seven different jobs all rolled into one....
Identification of the Project Team Members
Identification of the Project Team Members (#2 in the series Requirements for an Effective Project Team and for Excellent Teamwork) By Dr.Russell Archibald It seems obvious that in order to have an effective team,...
