Team Development for High Tech Project Managers

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• Publisher: Artech House
• Year: 2001
• eBook ISBN: 9781580535519
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Business
• Index: Business

This unique volume is the first to go beyond the theory of team dynamics and project management to present real world applications. The culmination of years of experience and research, the book describes practical techniques for building successful high performance project teams using actual examples from high tech companies. A concise guide for both new and experienced managers, this valuable resource enables you to: select the right projects for your organization; reduce the time needed for team development and productive operation; learn motivational and retention strategies for technical project personnel; avoid project management pitfalls; and inject quality into current and future projects.

Table of contents

• Contents v
• Preface xi
• 1 Project-management principles 1
• 2 Project-requirements development 15
• 3 Types of teams 33
• 4 Stages of team development 47
• 5 Communication systems for teams in a technical environment 63
• 6 Motivation systems for technical teams 79
• 7 High-tech project teams and quality 89
• 8 Negotiation strategies for high-tech project managers 103
• 9 Conflict resolution 113
• 10 Building a project power base 123
• 11 Empowering others 133
• 12 Problem solving 145
• 13 Time management 153
• 14 Auditing 159
• 15 Future directions for project management 181
• Appendix A: Risk and opportunity assessment 189
• Appendix B: Comparison of software products 195
• Appendix C: Case study 199
• About the Author 203
• Index 205