What are the expectations for project team members?
Henry HattenrathProject Consultant| Tectonic Engineering MSA LLCNew York, Ny, United States
From other discussions in November 6, 2016, my Project Management .com colleagues provided constructive feedback on best practices centered on communications. The feedback, paraphrased below, was in response to best practices for project/progress meetings and they reflected a focus on expectations for project team member performance.
If they stay silent at the meetings, they don’t need to be there.
We don’t need another checklist, we need a list of good skills and examples.
With their help, here are some expectations for members on project teams:
• Commit to the Project, the Project Charter and the Project Management Plan
• Demonstrate core values and competence for your assigned role and responsibilities
• Lead by example and develop a positive reputation centered on teamwork and professionalism
• Acquire and share knowledge on the business of the group you represent
• Attend, be prepared to report progress, and contribute at all meetings
• Undertake and follow-up on action items assigned from meetings or other project team requests
• Communicate proactively during and in between scheduled meetings, and coach less experienced team members
• Update your supervisor on project progress and share project documents within your organizational silo
• Provide timely feedback and comments as requested on submittals and deliverables
• Take responsibility for actions, deliverables and decisions assigned to the group you represent
• Send updates to the project team for meetings you are unable to attend
• Thoroughly review all correspondence before sending replies
Practices to avoid:
• Arriving late to meetings
• Going off-topic at meetings
• Failing to respond to requests by due dates
• Ignoring voice mails from team members
• Sending replies to Emails with “Sent by IPhone” Saving Changes...
Thank you for introducing good practices by team members especially in communications and meetings. I think this might refer to your previous discussion.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Henry, thanks for consolidating all the feedback received - It will definitely be beneficial to many and yes I agree, we do not need more checklists, but a list of good skills and examples.
As Anupam mentioned, you can submit this as an article or you can publish it as a blog under your own blog title. Saving Changes...
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