Tagged Posts: Teamwork

The Project Manager The Ship’s Captain

Published on by Miguel Fernandez Calero

Managing a project is like trying to lead a ship to port. It takes a captain capable of weathering storms, keeping the morale of the crew up, being clear about the destination and route to follow and mastering the art of navigation. In short, in a project there must be a true leader and, therefore, leadership is one of the essential capabilities that must be present in a project manager, as indicated in our last post.

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2011: 11 New Year’s Resolutions to Improve the Management of your Projects

Published on by The Doolphy Team

Hello!

2010 is in its way out and 2011 is almost here. Now it is the moment to think about how this year was and to gather all the resolutions for a new period full of new projects.

Resolutions 2011

We want to take this opportunity to share with you our new year’s resolution list to improve how projects are managed in 2011:

  1. Wait until January, 2nd, and take a well deserved rest on the 1st :lol:
  2. Take a look back and assess the good and the bad from 2010.
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The Spanish Football Team: Example of The Importance Of Teamwork In The Success Of A Project

Published on by The Doolphy Team

Our last post (6 Key Factors of Failure Projects) initiated a series of articles on the most common key factors for failure in project management and how to avoid them to be successful. Let’s start with the last of those mistakes listed (6. Giving the team a minor role in the project) taking advantage of the importance of one of the most important news of recent days: the victory on Sunday 11 July of the Spanish Team in Football World Cup 2010 held in South Africa. Congratulations!

Spain national Football Team

Well, what has this to do with project management? A lot, you’ll see. A football team is not very different from any other group of people working together to achieve a common goal. Read more »

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