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Boundaryless project management

February 28, 2008

The term “boundaryless” has become a buzzword in business for working across department and division boundaries. It is challenging to get people to work this way within a company, but more and more projects cross significant boundaries and require boundaryless project managers. Here’s a common scenario. You are put in charge of a project that [...]

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Motivating project team members: personal recognition.

February 27, 2008

For project managers who do not have the authority to provide financial recognition to outstanding accomplishments of individual project team members, there’s still opportunity to reward and motivate. There are plenty of inexpensive and even free ways to reward your top performers. Top performers are a rare find. If you have a star performer on [...]

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Roles, ownership, and accountability.

February 1, 2008

One of the most important factors for a successful project is clear roles and responsibilities.This is important for all projects, but especially for those in which your team has a dotted line relationship to you. The Confused Project Team Imagine you are assigned as a member of a project team, and you are not given [...]

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