You're a business analyst operating in a project leadership role – working closely with four distinct entities or groups. You are working with the Project Manager, the Project Team, the Customer and all Key Stakeholders. Making decisions, meeting requirements, communicating constantly and keeping the project on track. Are you staying true to project leadership standards, corporate policies, and human resources rules of conduct on each and every project initiative?
For the most part, probably. And how well you match up with the corporate policy is not what I'm really concerned about because too many times that policy can get in the way of project success and your best practices of running the project and working with the project customer. So, what is considered ethical practices and standards in project leadership? From my 20+ years of consulting and leading projects and teams, my list comes down to these five. Let's examine each...