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Category: <span>Consulting Strategies</span>

Category: Consulting Strategies

Consulting Strategies

The Importance of Communicating Status and Plans

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One of the best ways to control project success is to meet or exceed expectations.  One of the best ways to understand and impact expectations is through regular status and review.  Therefore, status reporting habits are an excellent way to improve the chances of success for your project. A Failure of Communicating Status I had an experience that has made me a firm believer in providing my clients with a weekly status.  In this case, the problem came from a …

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Key Attributes of A Good Team Lead

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A good team lead is hard to find.  Unfortunately, it is a struggle required when building a team of almost any size.  The good news is that the traits that make a good lead are easy to spot.  Once you find someone that possesses these make sure you keep them happy. A Good Team Lead is a Communicator As obvious as this may seem, it is also the most critical trait.  A Lead communicates with customers, management, and staff.  Although …

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Creating a Project Team – The Things to Consider

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Whether you have resources on hand or are building from scratch, a good project team requires planning.  We always want to create a team that is more than a collection of the members.  Luckily, the history of good and bad teams gives us some keys to success. Communication As we see with project failure reasons, communication is important.  A good team will not only communicate among themselves, but there also should be someone that can share with others.  This role may …