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7 Tips for Managing International Project Teams

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Managing international project teams requires cultural sensitivity and an awareness of what makes us different — and the same. In this article you’ll learn 7 helpful tips for working with international teams on global projects. Working with global teams is normal. Many of us do manage international teams now.

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Keeping up to date: the value of training

Rebel’s Guide to PM

After all, most people who attend conferences and networking events, or who get in touch with me through this blog, are people who are already aware that it takes a bit of effort to get on. Training courses are great – I should know, I’ve been on plenty over the years. Training courses paid for by someone else are even better.

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Risk Breakdown Structure for Projects: A Complete Guide to RBS

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Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. More often, you’ll address it during the planning phase when you assign roles and responsibilities to your team members. You could never stop, of course, but that would prove counterproductive. Management.

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What Is a Project Management Communication Plan?

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Managing those tasks is a constant communicative effort with your team. Different projects, of course, demand different means of communications. By describing the project landscape, so to speak, you know what your parameters are, and it’ll help you get buy-in from the stakeholders and your team. Good communications, of course.

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The Art of Prioritization: Coaching for Incremental Change in Teams

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Nobody is perfect on Day 1 Coaching teams is like nurturing a garden. Just as you can't expect a barren land to blossom into a lush paradise with a single gesture, you can't transform a team's dynamics and practices in one sweeping motion. It can be intimidating, and the team wasn’t ready for it.

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Henry Gantt’s Biography & Role in Gantt Chart History

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He’s best remembered for the tool that bears his name and his works in the development of what’s called scientific management. While Gantt charts are named after Henry Gantt, the first Gantt chart was developed by Karol Adamiecki, a Polish engineer, in the mid-1890s. That changed with the move to Gantt chart software.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And what are the weak points? As I said, PRINCE2 doesn’t cover working with people and as team management and getting the best out of the people is what we all do every day, this seems like a big oversight on the part of PRINCE2, especially as project boards form such a critical part of the standard. Are there eligibility requirements?

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