Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Part-Time Teams, Full-Time Projects
Tom's latest eBook has been released on Amazon: "The 7 Myths of IT Integrations". Tom is also a Program Director for a large Midwest corporation and has been an adjunct faculty member at Walsh College. He has managed global web initiatives, data center moves and large multi-million dollar programs.
The nature of the project world has changed a lot in recent years. Project meetings used to be everyone in the same room--now it’s everyone on the same call. Virtual teams are here to stay. Virtual teams are great--they allow team members from all over the world to collaborate using technology to produce a common output. The problem with them, however, is that it’s not always easy to align part-time people on projects that are still very much full-time.
We are in a global market and that is never going to change. There are also only 168 hours in a work week; the last research I read indicated that that is not likely to change either. With all of the competing demands on everyone’s plate, how can you get your team focused and productive on your project no matter what size it is?
1. Challenge of Remote Participants
As project managers, we all know the drill. Send out the e-mail. Dial the bridge-line; punch in the host code…and wait.
Wait for participants that are doing 19 other jobs, that are on other calls or that just plain have more important things on their plate than your project. You’re the project manager, though, and you’re on the hook for delivery. Most project resources today have their attention split between multiple e-mail windows on their laptop and a PDA that is also chirping for attention. When you…
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