9.4 Manage Project Team

 

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9.4 Manage Project Team The process of tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and managing changes to optimize project performance.   Simple Version: Day to day management of the team.
PMI	Agile PMBOK, Agile Difference, Comment
Inputs Project staff assignments Project management plan Team performance assessments Performance reports Organizational process assets   Tools and Techniques Observation and conversation Project performance appraisals Conflict management Issue log Interpersonal skills     Outputs Enterprise environmental factors updates Organizational process assets Change requests Project management plan updates	Inputs Project staff assignments Project management plan Team performance assessments Performance reports Organizational process assets   Tools and Techniques Observation and conversation Project performance appraisals Conflict management Issue log Interpersonal skills     Outputs Enterprise environmental factors updates Organizational process assets Change requests Project management plan updates   The PMBOK presents some great ideas for team management and promotion. They focus on understanding individual goals and trying to provide opportunities for people to progress in these directions. Agile methods provide many opportunities to try new roles and approaches. Due to the shorter release cycles if someone wants to try a, say, QA role this could be done over a one month or two month period much easier than on traditional project that is not scheduled to do the full spectrum of QA work until much later in the project. Biologists interested in genetics study mayflies because their lifecycle is just weeks. Agile methods give equally short time periods for experimentation and feedback to team members which most people find more rewarding and responsive.