Successful Project Team
In any business, prosperity and success is the result of teamwork and synergy. To be
successful as a project manager, you need to understand what drives the different types of
people who make up your team. Successful project management involves continuous
leadership of the team through successful project planning and development and through
project delivery and control. In order to build a successful team, a project manager must be
able to find individuals with certain characteristics to gel the team together.
For example, a project manager must make sure the team has harmony and trust.
Individuals should feel that they would be treated with fairness and care. They must trust
each other and their manager to make decisions that will benefit them. A good manager is
able to bring diverse individuals together and within a few days get them working together
with mutual respect and trust.
Each project has certain activities that must be finished within a schedule. These should be
planned well. A project manager should discuss with his/her team the estimated effort for
each activity and ensure that the person who is assigned the activity is committed to
completing it as well within the schedule.
A clear definition of what is expected of each individual in the team should be defined.
What are the roles that this team needsto have and who will perform the various functions
of each role. This has to be clear and well defined. Once this is done each one knows what
he should contribute towards the success of the team.
