Team-Based Project Management

"A major responsibility of a project manager is to help members of the team find meaning in the work they do."

"Cost is a function of Performance, Time, and Scope."

"Too often I find that project managers are practicing little or no follow-up to ensure that things scheduled to be done are actually getting done."

"As the dictionary definition says, to nurture a team member would be to help that person grow or develop."

"Members outside your discipline may take advantage of your ignorance by sandbagging their estimates and even doing substandard or poor-quality work."

"All motivation come from within a person. The term external motivator is a misnomer."

"The first responsibility of any manager is, I believe, to try to show team members how their part of the job contributes to the whole and why it is important."

"A manager is supposed to be in control, in the sense of ensuring that project objectives are achieved."

"Managers need to be aware of their tendency to blame the person for failure, and employees need to be aware that they tend to look outside themselves for explanations."

"Neuroscience has found that the brain is a neural network, and we can understand relationships as the neural network of a team or organization."

"Even though we want everyone on a team to put his or her best foot forward, this must not take the form of destructive competition."

"Because teams must have frequent meetings in order to function well, it is helpful to have norms that specify how people should behave during these meetings."

"Managing and leading are not the same."

"An Effective Decision is a function of Merit and Acceptance."

"Because of their different styles in solving problems, it is not surprising that innovators and adapters on the same team sometimes have conflicts."

"There is a principle of behavior change that says, no change takes place without feedback; the corollary to this rule is that if feedback is rejected, it is the same as if it were never received."

"The most important factor affecting a person's communications with others is his self-concept."

"Following is a structured procedure for dealing with a person who is not performing satisfactorily."

"One way to get into real trouble is to base a project estimate on a project-to-project comparison."