Staying Connected and Growing Your Team
March 17, 2009 by Kim Beasley
Filed under Business
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A connected project team allows its members to grow and help each other refine their skills. A disconnected project team could fracture and cause it’s members to lose their focus.
Ensuring that your project team is connected and growing is a very important tasks as a project manager. Being able to identify the key aspects of a connected and growing team can mean the difference between success and failure.
To help you identify the differenct between a connected and disconnected team, the list below was created. It can help you make sure that their project team stays connected and continues to grow.
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Connected
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Disconnected
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| Inter-team communication plan is in place | Problems occur with communication between team members |
| Scope of the project is clearly defined | Team members are unclear about the scope of the project |
| Team members know what they are responsible for | Team members don’t understand what they are suppose to do |
| Clearly identified timeline | Timeline is unclear to the team members |
| Project and team member progress is monitored | Monitoring is not occuring for either the project or team members |
| Every one is always informed about the project’s progress | Mis-information occurs due to lack of consistent information flow throughout the team |
