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Live in a matrix organization within functional manager in one axis and the team leader in another axis have a lot of problems, mainly when there is not coordination between both axis, or when there is not the right balance in terms of authority. One of the long term benefit looked into this type of … Read more
First try; I used the formal channel of communications available for the center in order to foster the relationship between the team members and try each one know the initiatives launched by the others. The problem was easy, people cannot enter new documentation and there is not way to perform real collaboration between people. We … Read more
We are working on a project that needs some changes. The “easy” solution for the project is perform some actions that lessons learned from previous similar projects say that this “easy” solution has negative consequences on the budget of the project. The account manager has clear that this is not the right solution, nevertheless the … Read more
In some environments, notifiership has replaced leadership. There are people who only takes the problems and then distribute to team without helping and encouraging the issues they are leading in the project. I have seen this phenomenom recently. The assignment of a team member to a project, where the project manager did not explain his … Read more
Some months ago we were reviewing a project that had continuous delays with different reasons for delay and without delivering builds as expected. I sat with the PM to review the schedule and the different modules to deliver. We sent the schedule to the trash and started another one. We don’t need to deliver each … Read more
As in beisbol, in your team you can have good pitchers and good catchers. In this case I define a pitcher as the person with a high proactive attitude who follows the team to perform the activities and that creates the next pack of activities to allow the team working on the next step. They … Read more
Discover the motivations that each member of the team has with respect the team, him/her self, the company… is a complex process that takes time. With some of the people is easier than others but nevertheless when you think that you know somebody, suddenly you can note you are wrong. After these 4 months working … Read more
After a business analysis phase for a solution, there is a decision making process for thinking about the viability of the solution. The recognition that the development of a solution really cannot be profitable is very hard for the person who studied it. Sometimes, the defense of this viability is done as a matter of … Read more
Recently I have listened it from a PM regarding to the fact that we request him to do a meeting minutes. This answer let me understand the ignorance of this person about his understanding of what a meeting minutes can mean with regards to its value in terms of ‘agreement’ during the execution of a … Read more
This behaviour is something I have seen on software development environments but this time I have seen on projects. A PM is trying to adopt one of latest trend as the panacea for their current problems. We have told him what problems is having, but he does not want to recognize them, just change to … Read more