Chapter 17. Managing Multiple Team Projects
The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.
CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
Define the multiple team (multi-team) project situation
Know the different types and complexity of multi-team projects
Understand the challenges presented by multi-team projects
In larger organizations, it is not unusual for projects to draw independent teams from across the organization. These teams often come with their own tools, templates, and processes, which they expect to be using to complete their work on this project. In fact, with the added need for globalization affecting nearly every application, most, if not all, projects will involve more than one team. This chapter examines this unique but growing situation and explores several ways to scope, organize, plan, and manage such projects.
What Is a Multiple Team Project?
The multi-team projects that populate the project portfolio of large organizations are unlike any other application development projects found today. If you organize information technology (IT) around client groups and business units, any project that crosses client lines gives rise to a multi-team project. The temptation is to let each team act on its own, with some integrating activity at the end to "glue" ...
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