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The Must-Read Reading List for Project Communication and Collaboration

Rebel’s Guide to PM

. Project teams communicate and collaborate by default, don’t they? That certainly hasn’t been the case for all the teams I have worked on. Don’t assume your project team will know how (or even want to) communicate well and collaborate with each other. Will Kintish: Pearson, 2014. Anthony Mersino: Amacom, 2013.

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The ESP connection

The Lazy Project Manager

Does the executive team interact with project sponsors on a regular basis, perhaps are they even the executive sponsors themselves? If you don’t declare a complete and utter ‘No’ then the next step of the ‘ESP’ test is to consider any weak points in this ‘Executive board to Sponsor to Project Manager’ relationship.

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10 Tips for Building and Managing Remote Teams

Teamweek

But how do you source, screen, and build a remote team that manages to stay connected and understand the value of collaboration , active participation, and the need to constantly build relationships ? What’s the difference between virtual and remote teams ? What makes a good remote team ? The tribe has spoken.

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The Four Essentials of Project Team Leadership

Online PM Courses

Team Leadership itself is not hard. And, if this is your first opportunity to lead a project team, you want to do well. And, if this is your first opportunity to lead a project team, you want to do well. In this article, I want to hone down to the four essentials of project team leadership. You Get the Team You Deserve.

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10 Tips to Build a Great Team Remotely

Teamweek

But, how do you source, screen, and build a remote team that manages to stay connected and understand the value of collaboration , active participation, and the need to constantly build relationships ? What’s the difference between virtual and remote teams ? What makes a good remote team ? The tribe has spoken.

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The Social Project Manager

The Lazy Project Manager

But let’s expand this thought process to the project team as a whole and consider how such social tools impact the team performance. Thought: I believe that all project team members, including the project manager, who welcome any approach that reduces the amount of time invested (and for the greater part wasted) in meetings.

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Agency utilization rate: 9 steps to increasing billable time

Resource Guru

The result tells you the percentage of time that your team spends on projects that actually bring in money. A high utilization rate means your team is focused and efficient. Billable hours: These are the hours your team spends on client projects. Billable hours directly contribute to revenue.