Chapter 7. Organizing a Project Team

Chapter Objectives Assessing Internal Skills Interviewing Potential Team Members Managing Team Issues Hiring a Team From the Field: Interview with Tricia Bielinski Q&A Chapter Quiz Chapter Exercises

Think of your favorite spy caper movie. Remember how the team in the movie is assembled? Each member has a specialty: explosives, gadgets, luck with the opposite sex, and other necessary skills to get the job done. Notice how there’s never just an extra character walking around slurping coffee, dodging work, and whining about how tough his job is? Unfortunately, in the world of IT project management you’ll have both types of characters.