Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew we could have perfect collaboration on every project we were managing from now till the end of time? Or at least till we all decided we had something else to do other than handle project teams and manage projects? If everyone could work well and play well with everyone else, put all egos aside and focus on the common goals of the project, delivery team and client, we would all be happy focused team members and likely pretty successful too.
From my experience there are five steps to take or areas to cover to get the best collaborative efforts on every project going forward. Let's review my list and think about what your list is as you read on...
Use the right collaboration platform. Collaboration is a cohesiveness and communication concept. Working together on a common goal... collaboratively... to reach a successful finish – like the project implementation in this case. A good collaboration tool can help get you there. Some teams can get away with a Facebook group that is closed and dedicated to the project. It's certainly not the best long-term solution if you're working on large projects with big teams and heavyweight project clients. The better option is going to be a dedicated project management tool that allows for collaborating on meetings, documents, deliverables, knowledge sharing and, depending on the selected tool, maybe even just about all forms of communication. Find what will work for you, there’s plenty of software out there...
Use the right collaboration platform. Collaboration is a cohesiveness and communication concept. Working together on a common goal... collaboratively... to reach a successful finish – like the project implementation in this case. A good collaboration tool can help get you there. Some teams can get away with a Facebook group that is closed and dedicated to the project. It's certainly not the best long-term solution if you're working on large projects with big teams and heavyweight project clients. The better option is going to be a dedicated project management tool that allows for collaborating on meetings, documents, deliverables, knowledge sharing and, depending on the selected tool, maybe even just about all forms of communication. Find what will work for you, there’s plenty of software out there...
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