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Article Talent Management, Teams, Organizational Culture, Technical Skills, New Practitioners 1 May 2017

PM Network

Time for Z

By Rockwood, Kate Move over, millennials. Generation Z is about to steal the spotlight. The oldest members of Gen Z, born between roughly 1994 and 2010, are finishing college. but by 2020, they'll make up 20% of the…

Article Communications Management, Teams, Technical Skills 1 August 2015

Project Management Journal

Employing grounded theory to uncover behavioral competencies of information technology project managers

By Dillon, Stuart | Taylor, Hazel A. This study employs a unique combination of the grounded theory methodology (GTM) and Behavioral Event Interviews to explore the competencies of IT project managers. The findings largely support…

Conference Paper Teams, Leadership, Technical Skills 13 October 2009

Putting "people" at the center of project management

By Cooke-Davies, Terry | Patton, Scott E. Only during the past decade have project professionals shifted their focus from the technical aspects of managing projects to the leadership competencies required to manage project teams. This paper…

Article Teams, Technical Skills 1 December 2008

Project Management Journal

Developing an effective project

By Thomas, Michael | Jacques, Paul H. | Adams, John R. | Kihneman-Wooten, Julie Two of the most challenging and significant components involved in realizing projects that succeed are planning the project and assembling the team, components which directly affect each other but…

Conference Paper Teams, Leadership, Technical Skills 31 January 2007

Increasing influence equity in project management

By Oschadleus, Jürgen One of the great challenges that project managers have traditionally faced is obtaining the authority they need to appropriately manage the individuals comprising their project teams, individuals…

Article Quality Management, Teams, Technical Skills February 2006

PM Network

The buck stops here

By Kent, Simon One of the most significant factors to project success--along with understanding project scope--is understanding project accountability: Only when all team members--including project managers and…

Article Teams, Leadership, Technical Skills, Information Technology March 1993

Project Management Journal

Using project teams to create MIS products

By Ford, Robert C. | McLaughlin, Frank S. Traditional management theory suggests that there should be parity of authority and responsibility in MIS project management.A survey was sent to 1610 randomly selected managers from the Directory…

Article Teams, Leadership, Technical Skills December 1984

Project Management Journal

Excitement and commitment

By Powell, Gary N. | Posner, Barry Z. Successful project teams are comprised of individuals committed to accomplishing their project's goals. This article discusses several techniques that executives and project managers can use both to…

Article Teams, Resource Management, Technical Skills, Information Technology March 1978

Project Management Quarterly

Managing a systems development project

By Andersson, Mats Project outcomes are greatly affected by how efficiently a project team cooperates. Such cooperation is influenced by each team member's attitude and prejudices, among other attributes. This article…