Neal Whitten's No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects

CHAPTER 29

Treat All Project Members Equally

What if a project is made up of client personnel, vendors, and contractors in addition to the company’s personnel? How should the project manager relate to each of these diverse groups?

This is a common problem on many projects, yet the answer is simple. Once people are assigned to a project, regardless of where they hail from, they must all be treated the same. No exceptions!

All project members, regardless of where they come from or to whom they report, must be held accountable for their commitments

Figure 29-1 shows a project that consists of all these groups. For purposes of illustration, each team is led by a team leader and is made up of a different group of project members: client personnel, ...