
sibility that comes from a shared sense of urgency often
prompts ideas and actions to reduce the risk of failure. This
may be more difficult to achieve if the team members report
through different lines, and have many other demands on their
time.
Among the most important measures to ensure teamwork is
effective are:
•
promoting effective uncertainty management and construc-
tive challenge (see above);
•
ensuring that there is a powerful project steering group that
is held jointly accountable by top management for the
success of the project, and in particular, for providing the
resources and the support needed by the project. The role of
the project steering ...