Improving Project Team Performance

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Improving Project Team Performance

Edward P. Youngberg

February 20, 2001






If You Can't Say Something Nice…
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/FONT>Project managers love letting members of the project team know what a wonderful job they are doing.  It makes all those times when starting projects, picking the right people, making sense out of confusing direction, seem, well, rewarding and worth all the extensive personal time, effort and commitment.

What about those times when the project wasn’t running along so well? When deadlines were being missed because of team performance, or lack thereof? You know what I mean--when it really isn’t anyone’s fault but yours?

The project manager has a well-understood accountability or role to play in any of these situations. No matter how uncomfortable or distasteful, it is up to the PM to correct a project team member's poor performance or behavior, and it needs to be done effectively and immediately.  

What’s a PM to Do?
First and foremost, project managers must realize that if the project fails, they will wear the blame.



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