15 Nov How Does a Project Team Collaborate?
Teamwork has been an essential part of human nature throughout history. People long ago discovered that they could achieve much more working together than they could be going it alone. It worked centuries ago, when people farmed collectively, and it works today while completing projects.
There are many different ways a project team collaborates, though it helps everyone involved to know what the roles are for different parts of a project team. Below we’ll cover roles within a project team and the accompanying collaboration therein.
What are the roles for different parts of a project team?
There are a few different standard roles within a project team, and these are usually hierarchical in nature. They are:
- Sponsor: This person is on the top level of the project team. They advocate for the project and communicate its importance to the requisite executives, like CEOs in business, mayors, or appropriate secretaries in government projects. This person must have the ear of those above them, and the whole project benefits if the sponsor has some sort of investment in the project.
- Project Manager: As the name suggests, the project manager is responsible for the successful completion of the project within the stated timeframe and under the allotted budget. The project manager must also ensure that the project has the required resources to be completed and that the team members are getting along and working well together. In addition to those factors, the project manager must do everything from forming a cogent project plan to communicating effectively with the sponsor and those in upper management.
- Business Analyst: Any project that involves money could benefit from a business analyst. The business analyst aims to optimize the organization’s project. This can be done by improving certain aspects of the project, like boosting performance or streamlining other processes within the organization. The goal for the business analyst is to maximize the value of the project.
- Project Team Member: A project team member is anyone who has worked on the project in a lower-level capacity. They can be inside or outside the organization, and they could have worked on one minor phase of the project or at every stage the whole way through. Their different skills will often define their roles, but their collaboration will usually be vital to the project’s success.
What are some ways in which a project team collaborates?
There are several ways in which a project team collaborates, including:
- Communicating: This is the most important facet of a successful project. Team members must communicate clearly with each other to brainstorm, encourage each other, raise concerns or solve problems. Almost all successful projects are built on solid communication.
- Sharing Knowledge: The whole point of assembling a project team is to put people together who have different skill sets. When team members share their specialized expertise with each other, people get smarter, and the team performs better.
- Checking In: A team project will likely have various checkpoints that need to be hit or meetings scheduled for certain dates. Project team members can communicate any problems they’ve encountered at check-in sessions to assure the project stays on track.
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