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Project Team Management Strategies

FEL assigns project managers based on their expertise and availability. While this helps projects stay on track, it fails to consider whether team members can work well together, which is important for success. This is even more critical for international projects like Project Abu Dhabi, where cultural differences must be overcome through cooperation. Jobe faces a dilemma with Rankins and Perry assigned to the same team, as they have conflicts from previous work and may not be able to resolve them, putting the project at risk.

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Project Team Management Strategies

FEL assigns project managers based on their expertise and availability. While this helps projects stay on track, it fails to consider whether team members can work well together, which is important for success. This is even more critical for international projects like Project Abu Dhabi, where cultural differences must be overcome through cooperation. Jobe faces a dilemma with Rankins and Perry assigned to the same team, as they have conflicts from previous work and may not be able to resolve them, putting the project at risk.

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Franklin

Equipment, Ltd. Case



1. Evaluate the criteria FEL uses to assign managers to project teams. What
efficiencies do these criteria create? What are the resulting problems?

FEL assigns managers to project teams based on their expertise and their
availability to work on a particular project given their other commitments.
Utilizing the availability of time, as the criteria, will help to make sure the project
stays on track and does not fall behind. The resulting problem of this criteria is
that FEL has failed to recognize that it is essential that all project team members
work well together on a project. A project that has great success is most likely
made up of a team of people who can work well together, regardless of their
personal differences.


2. Why is it even more important that project team members work well
together on international projects such as Project Abu Dhabi?
It is even more important that project team members work well together on
international projects such as Project Abu Dhabi because a major goal of the
project is to build a culture of collaboration that will last long after the project is
completed. A major problem in international projects is that only a few of the
team members will understand all of the cultural differences, so the need for
cooperation and communication among team members is very critical.

3. Discuss the dilemma that Jobe now faces?
Jobe is faced with the dilemma between Rankins and Perry. Rankins and Perry
have worked together on previous projects and cannot seem to get along. The
two of them cannot simply cooperate with one another for the sake of the
projects success. Gatenby said, if after two months things are not working out
between Perry and Rankins, FEL will fire Rankins.

4. What should Jobe recommend to Gatenby?
I believe that Jobe should recommend to Gatenby that Perry and Rankins get to
know one another. They should face their conflicts directly with each other and
work through their issues with the goal of resolving the problem. He should also
recommend team bonding exercise and events and establish ground rules such as
a code of cooperation that outlines acceptable means of interaction, conduct and
performance.

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