Teamwork

People in projects, the final frontier

There is no such thing as project success without happy stakeholders. There is no such thing as performance without a functioning team. There are no projects without people.

Review: Change Starts Here—Rod Matthews

Change Starts Here is a useful tool for business to help build cohesive teams that communicate, engage and collaborate effectively.

Review: Collaborating Effectively—Harvard Business Review

Collaborating Effectively by Harvard Business Review is a collection of nine inspiring articles filled with ideas and best practices to help organisations engage and collaborate effectively.

Is Gen Y right for project management?

There has been a great deal of publicity about Generation Y: who they are, their mindset, what they want out of life and how to keep them performing in the workforce, but are they right for project management?

Global teams and project tribes

Managing or working on international projects can be seen as glamorous and a great addition to your résumé, but how are they different to other projects? An examination of the multicultural aspects of global projects.

Employee engagement in the IT sector

The IT industry is facing a major challenge in the area of employee attrition. Every organisation is working on devising new measures to increase retention.

Review: Herding Monkeys—Nigel Collin

Effectively harnessing your team or company’s untapped creativity can mean the difference between success and failure in today’s world.

Review: The Business of Being an Athlete—Kerri Pottharst

It’s difficult to read beach volleyballer Kerri Pottharst’s The Business Of Being An Athlete and not be motivated to pull out a piece of paper and start writing your own life goals.

Working with virtual project teams

It has become almost impossible to pick up a newspaper or business magazine and not see a reference to the so-called skills shortage. The war for talent, the void to be created by the retirement of baby boomers, and the falling quality of university graduates have occupied both academics and politicians alike.

High on the list of occupations in shortage are engineers, IT professionals, planners, cost controllers, estimators, programmers and business analysts among other team member roles required to deliver projects.