•Description: This includes: organization, management, leading teams from identifying project roles/responsibilities/relationships/required skills to writing the staffing plan, confirming personnel availability, providing training and tracking team member performance as well as resolving issues.
•Why it is important: The team is the heart of the project. Leading teams successfully can make the difference as to whether a project succeeds or fails. •Tools: Organization charts, networking, negotiation, acquisition, virtual teams, interpersonal skills, training, ground rules, recognition and awards, observation and communication, personnel appraisals, conflict management, issue logs, integrated process teams. •How Wright Management and Consulting Group performs this task: One-on-one discussions with stakeholders/project owners, interviews, literature reviews, subject matter expert interviews, document results and use appropriate tools to define products and review with customer to fine tune, obtain written agreement to proposed plan.
•Link to other project tasks: This task supports the entire project with qualified, motivated, responsive, empowered team members focused on delivering a quality project on time and under budget.
•Training/mentoring offered: Integrated process teams, organization training.