97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

Chapter 60. A Project Depends on Teamwork

PMP. Lelio Varella

A PROJECT IS AN ENDEAVOR OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE. It can be seen as a collective effort, jointly performed by people of great diversity. Once deployed according to their own unique skills and competencies, and properly coordinated, team members are able to produce major results and fulfill the expectations of the project's stakeholders. If we look to an information technology solution development project, for example, we may identify different participant activity and group categories:

• Activities. Business Processes Review, Information Technology Solutions and Services Definition, Products and Services Development, and New Processes and Services Activation.

• Groups. Client Business Area Team, Information Technology Department Team, and Outside Service Providers Team.

Project activities are work units requiring the participation of individuals from different groups within the organization, and eventually participants from external organizations, such as vendors and service providers.

These groups are formed by people with different centers of knowledge and competence who, in practice, manage and/or carry out the project activities. The members of each group are usually involved in a set of unique activities within the project.

To work effectively and produce a positive result in the project environment, the allocation of responsibilities ...