The Essentials of Managing a Project Team
As a project manager you need to forge a team from a group of people who might not even know each other. Managing a disparate group can cause special challenges. Your project team will function better as a unit if you have the management skills to coach them:
How to Create and Maintain a Team Identity
Creating a team identity can help you manage your project. But often, the people you collect to work on your project don’t know one another. You can use the tips here to help your project participants [more…]
Holding People Accountable When They Don’t Report to You
Project managers sometimes face the problem of working with people who don't report to them administratively. If such a person falls through on a promise to get something done for your project, then holding [more…]
How to Work with a Micromanager
Working with a micromanager can be difficult if you don't know how to manage the micromanager. If your boss scrutinizes every move on your project, questions your decisions and methods, and gives unsolicited [more…]
How to Confirm Team Members’ Participation in a Project
As you start your project, you need to confirm the identities of the people who’ll work to support your project. To do so, verify that specific people are still able to uphold their promised commitments [more…]
How to Develop Your Project Team
Merely assigning people to tasks doesn’t create a project team. Any good project manager knows that a team is a collection of people who are committed to common goals and who depend on one another to do [more…]
How to Specify Team Member Roles and Procedures
An effective project manager needs to specify team-member roles and communication procedures. After all, nothing causes disillusionment and frustration faster on a project than bringing motivated people [more…]
How Project Managers Help Teams Function Well
A project manager knows she has a well-functioning when team members trust each other; have confidence in each other’s abilities; can count on each other’s promises; and communicate openly. A well-functioning [more…]
Project Management: How to Motivate Team Members
Efficient processes and smooth relationships create the opportunity for successful projects. And having team members personally commit to your project’s success gives you the greatest chance of achieving [more…]
How to Keep Team Members Committed to Your Project
When managing a project, you have to keep people committed to it until the end. Although some people commit to completing an assignment because someone tells them to do so, you get a much more serious [more…]
Motivating Your Project Team with Feedback and Rewards
Getting your team members to appreciate your project’s value and feasibility helps you motivate them initially. However, if the project lasts longer than a couple of weeks, the team’s initial motivation [more…]
