How Do You Handle the Costs of Collaborations?
From the Communication Excellence in Project Management Blog
by Bill Brantley
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According to an article in the latest Harvard Business Review, "the time spent by managers and employees in collaborative activities has ballooned by 50% or more." Although there are many benefits to the increased collaborative activities, there are also increased costs in a greater number of meetings, time spent reviewing emails/documents, and other coordination activities. Maybe the biggest cost is the burnout of those key employees who are the most active collaborators. 'Up to a third of value-added collaborations come from only 3% to 5% of employees."
Even though the study did not address project teams, the same findings easily apply to project collaborations. How do project managers deal with the resource demands of project collaborations? How should project managers keep key project team members from burning out because of overcollaboration?
Posted on: January 25, 2016 05:19 PM |
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Eric Lamy
Senior Project Manager| Keurig Green Mountain
Newbury, Ma, USA
Discipline by the project manager is important here - scheduling unnecessary meetings when an email or quick chat will accomplish all of the same goals is the cause of much in the way of lost efficiency.
PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
One must care about this cost, specially when we have tight schedule. However It also helps in finding solutions for problems so I would say optimum collaboration should be done and we must be careful about waste of time .
Mohit Jain
Associate Director| Ramco Systems
Faridabad, Haryana, India
Luis Branco
CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª
Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Bill
Interesting this reflection on the topic: "How Do You Handle the Costs of Collaborations?"
Thanks for sharing
Important point to remember: What is more important, the costs themselves or the cost-benefit ratio taking into account the results?
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