From the course: Project Management: International Projects
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Assessing collaboration
From the course: Project Management: International Projects
Assessing collaboration
- The teams I work with are made up of people from many countries with different cultural values and are physically separated by hundreds of miles and different time zones. This is the new map of reality, which has brought about a big challenge. In order for diverse and disperse teams to work together effectively, collaboration is key for the success of your project. So you'll want to understand the current level of collaboration, and here are some questions to help you assess where you might want to improve. First, find out what kind of relationships already exist between team members. You want to establish this especially for the level of personal collections that exist between the different groups sitting across timezones. Ask, for example. Who has worked with whom on previous projects? Do the leaders in each location know each other by their first name? Have any team members participated in an exchange program where they spent time with a team in another country? Second, look into…
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