Decisions were made and now it’s time for a project. Are you ready? Communication with individuals is of major import, and regular reports with subject matter, timeframes and detail need to be negotiated in order to provide the best communication bridge and build a relationship.
Think you've had it rough? The following story is a true account of Andrew Boyarsky's first crisis assignment as a PM. Boyarsky--a practice consultant for project management and IT at the American Management Association in New York City and a teacher of PM at New York's Baruch School--and his experiences gave new meaning to the term "communication crisis."
Time, space, language and culture...global project management can be a communications nightmare for a variety of reasons. As we look at the challenges faced by a developer of software intensive systems as it questioned going global, some valuable lessons are unearthed.