How to fight internal resistance?

Vadim Katcherovski Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sometimes introducing new software to your team can be a real pain. People tend to sabotage new tools especially when it’s project management software, which requires doing some additional work (e.g. track time or project progress, create report, etc.)

How do you, as a manager or team leader, persuade your team members to use new software tools?

Best regards,

Vadim Katcherovski

http://www.easyprojects.net

Posted: May 22, 2006 1:27 PM

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Mark Price Perry Business Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT International Orlando, Fl, United States

Dear Vadim,

Regarding how to fight internal resistance and persuade team members to use new PM software tools... More and more PMOs are addressing this with incentive compensation. You might try or suggest to your client that they consider having some or perhaps all of the PM annual bonus paid on continuous improvement as measured by recommending, leading, and participating in improvement activities. Those that care, lead, and add value, get a bit of what they deserve. Those that don't care and aren't part of the program, get a bit of what they deserve. At the end of the day, people do what they want to do and what they have to do. It is up to management to foster the desired culture; it rarely happens by luck. Great post, Vadim. This is always a challenge. I hope we hear and kearn from others. Cheers!

Mark Perry

VP of Customer Care

BOT International

Posted: May 23, 2006 1:17 PM

Vadim Katcherovski Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mark,

Based on the feedback from this and other forums, I've put together a white paper on how to fight internal resistance.

Hopefully, it will be useful to someone.

It can be downloaded here

Best regards,

Vadim Katcherovski

http://www.easyprojects.net

Posted: Jun 13, 2006 3:57 PM

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