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Team Talk
The Human Side of Project Management
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9 Questions For Teams
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Mike Cohn
(February 24)
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In the final installment of our series on structuring Agile teams, here is an iterative process, in the form of questions, to help project leaders design the most appropriate team structure for the project at hand.
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Team Balance
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Mike Cohn
(February 3)
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Self-organizing teams are a key Agile principle. Indeed, employing the collective wisdom of a team is a great way to organize around any project work, and encourages ownership. But self-organizing teams shouldn’t be randomly assembled. In part three of our series on structuring and managing Scrum-based teams, here are some factors to consider when selecting or influencing who is on the team.[more]
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How to Win Teams and Influence Projects
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Janis Rizzuto
(January 28)
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Project leaders face unique challenges with team members who work remotely, report to other managers and balance responsibilities to other projects. In that environment, strengthening communication, boosting motivation and reducing conflict is essential. Here are tips to improve your team dynamic from a Dale Carnegie Training executive.[more]
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Celebrate the Wins
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Brenda Bence
(January 18)
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In our 24-7 world, there’s always another task at hand and no time to rest on your laurels. But if you ignore your project team’s genuine accomplishments, however small, you miss a precious opportunity to inspire even greater successes. And you risk damaging your leadership brand in the process.[more]
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The Wheel That Gets the Grease
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Brad Egeland
(December 2)
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When your team members are simultaneously working on other projects, answering to other managers, focus can understandably drift — and critical tasks can get shortchanged. Here are five ways to keep shared resources fully engaged on your project.[more]
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Pitiful Meetings
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Kimberly Douglas
(November 19)
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If your project team members hear “meeting at 3:00” and think, “Another waste of my time,” then it’s about time for a meeting overhaul. Meetings can be important team-building and idea-generating opportunities, but only if they are conducted the right way. Here are 10 pitfalls of pitiful meetings and how to fix them.[more]
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Going the (Virtual) Distance
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Karen Sobel Lojeski
(November 19)
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More project team members are working virtually, but the leadership models that once prevailed in organizations no longer cut it in an environment in which cohorts type instead of talk and rarely see each other face-to-face. Here are three core competencies for leading virtual teams.[more]
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An Education in Virtual Teamwork
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Projects@Work
(November 3)
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A new project management course at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater offers business students an opportunity to interact with geographically dispersed teams from 15 institutions and seven countries.[more]
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Difficult Conversations
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Paul Pantzer
(October 29)
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All the latest time-management and process-optimization tools in the world can’t make you stop procrastinating or hold a difficult conversation. Confronting the “elephant in the room” once a day, or even once a week, will make you a better project leader. Here are five practical tips for doing it today.[more]
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Decisive, Not Divisive
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Projects@Work
(October 19)
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Bad choices. Endless bickering. Lost opportunities. Wasted time. Does your team suffer from any of these decision-making ills? If so, it's not alone.[more]
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