Project Management, Sixth Edition

APPENDIXA

Building an Organization

How can you know what the right organization is for your project team? How do you get people to move where you want them to go? Who should lead the work, and who should follow orders? This appendix looks at some of the pros, cons, and alternatives to help you organize your players for maximum impact.

No Easy Task, but Someone Has to Organize These People

The most important aspect of organizing your team will be to make sure that everyone understands three things:

• The reason you chose each of them for the team; what he or she had to offer that you required
• The clear role and responsibility each person is fulfilling on the project
• The standards you will hold them accountable for in completing the work with high ...