A team is as good as its team members. But most of the times, the team members are assigned on their availability, not for their expertise for many projects. If team members are not skilled or trained enough to meet the challenges and perform assigned tasks, it can put the development of the project in a risky spot.
Some projects are challenging or demands a certain level of knowledge and expertise, so it is up to project managers to decide whether team members need to be trained or to add someone with the required skills. Besides this, qualities like the lack of accountability, blaming each other, and finger-pointing can also halt a project.
The organization and project managers can provide cross-training as learning opportunities for career growth for their members, which help to avoid or minimize skills gap in project and operation work as well. . Saving Changes...
If the gap in knowledge can be addressed within the project's budget & timelines without putting the project at risk (e.g. strategies like non-solo work) that is one thing, but if the gap is going to jeopardize the project the PM needs to discuss it with the right stakeholders (e.g. functional managers, sponsor) to get it resolved. Saving Changes...
KEYULKUMAR DAVEPMP, Six sigma Black belt| ThailandBanchang, Rayong Province, Thailand
Hi,
That situation is described is possibilities are much more when project operate in functional environment. And Project manager has no authority over Project Team. This can create a lot of conflicts and project can not be successful due to over budget or exceeded timeline. Saving Changes...
Muhammad FarooqIT Program Leader| Petro RabighRabigh, Saudi Arabia
The Solution is Team Development and Team Management.
