COMM 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Project Charter
Document Summary
Chapter 6: pages 123 to 131 - the section on planning the project team. To be taken into consideration: organizational policies on interdepartmental work, recruitment policies, skills needed for each new task or group of tasks, ability to learn new things, knowledge, personality, availability, experience, ability to work well with others. Skills assessment: document that details the skills each team member possesses and their experience level in those skills. Send functional/departmental managers a copy of project charter to review before the meeting to determine who might be the best fit for your team. Use wbs to display tasks and outline what team members will be used for, how long they will be needed. Can be an opportunity for functional managers to dump off lessor employees, ensure that the right questions are asked about employees. Experience, ability, personal interests and characteristics should all be taken into account when staffing employees; in addition, motivated and engaged employees are important as well.
