The Project Blog - Finding “Project People”

New blog post from Patrick Gray:

With so much to consider when kicking off a new project: methodologies, new processes, funding and the like, it is easy to overlook the key to ensuring project success: people.

Various methodology peddlers, software vendors and certification agencies have done companies a disservice by suggesting that there's a shortcut to staffing critical projects. Their sales pitch suggests that using the right methodology or looking for a string of letters after a candidate's name is a shortcut to guaranteed success, and while their pitch is obviously a bit more subtle than what I'm suggesting here, too often companies buy into this line of reasoning and give staffing the short shrift.

Whether you are implementing a new software package, instituting major process overall, or integrating a new business unit or acquisition, projects are complex exercises that will tax and test your people, behooving a great deal of attention be paid to which staff are selected to mange and execute them. The following five tips should help guide you in your selection of "project people:"

Read the full blog post here.

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Patrick Gray is the founder and president of Prevoyance Group, and author of Breakthrough IT: Supercharging Organizational Value through Technology. Prevoyance Group provides strategy consulting services to Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. Patrick can be reached at patrick.gray@prevoyancegroup.com.