Team Collaboration and Project Management: Tools and Techniques

Finally, you studied several factors that influence team collaboration, including motivation, satisfaction, trust, commitment, distance, cultural differences, organisational environment, and time pressure. This final assessment has short written questions aimed at reviewing the content discussed in class and evaluating the effective use of tools and techniques for addressing additional planning issues.

Select two commercial tools that were presented in assessment 1 and explain how they can be incorporated in the PMP. For each tool, identify their impact in specific planning area(s) and their relationship with one of the tools listed in the box above – maximum of two paragraphs.
A project manager has observed that the customer is not showing up to project evaluation meetings. Describe the methods required for a) identifying potential reasons that the customer was not present; b) mapping their behaviour and c) defining a plan to overcome this problem. Provide an original example through the use of five complementary tools that are listed in the box above – maximum of one paragraph.
A new product version is planned to be delivered to the customer by the end of this week. However, the technical team has identified an issue that compromises product performance. With the benefit of hindsight, how should you have planned the project to have avoided this situation? Provide an original example through the use of four complementary tools that are listed in the box above – maximum of one paragraph.
Discuss two positive and two negative effects of time pressure on project development. Give original examples for each – maximum of two paragraphs.
Explain why trust and dependency can increase team performance and how it should be addressed in the PMP. Provide an original example through the use of two complementary tools that are listed in the box above – maximum of two paragraphs Finally, you studied several factors that influence team collaboration, including motivation, satisfaction, trust, commitment, distance, cultural differences, organisational environment, and time pressure. This final assessment has short written questions aimed at reviewing the content discussed in class and evaluating the effective use of tools and techniques for addressing additional planning issues.
Select two commercial tools that were presented in assessment 1 and explain how they can be incorporated in the PMP. For each tool, identify their impact in specific planning area(s) and their relationship with one of the tools listed in the box above – maximum of two paragraphs.
A project manager has observed that the customer is not showing up to project evaluation meetings. Describe the methods required for
a) identifying potential reasons that the customer was not present;
b) mapping their behaviour and
c) defining a plan to overcome this problem. Provide an original example through the use of five complementary tools that are listed in the box above – maximum of one paragraph.
A new product version is planned to be delivered to the customer by the end of this week. However, the technical team has identified an issue that compromises product performance. With the benefit of hindsight, how should you have planned the project to have avoided this situation? Provide an original example through the use of four complementary tools that are listed in the box above – maximum of one paragraph.
Discuss two positive and two negative effects of time pressure on project development. Give original examples for each – maximum of two paragraphs.
Explain why trust and dependency can increase team performance and how it should be addressed in the PMP. Provide an original example through the use of two complementary tools that are listed in the box above – maximum of two paragraphs