Resource Management White Papers

Today’s successful project management teams must add value to the business they support. They must be able to offer solutions supporting their company’s strategy, in addition to developing Gantt charts. Project members who acquire and practice four key skills can become meaningful contributors to their project team and their company.

Getting a project team, or any team to perform at their most effective is a difficult task. This first part of a two part white paper talks about the myths and reality of developing a top performing project team.

In the second part of our white paper on team performance, we focus on setting up a performance management system, and reaping the benefits.

There have been hundreds of articles written about managing project teams. Many cover the same ground. Unfortunately, many also fail to differentiate between line management and project team management. They expect the same rules that apply to a staff member in a line role apply to a person on a project team. This article discusses the unique needs of a project team member and offers some suggestions as to how a team may be managed.

We all know that a motivated team will achieve more than an unmotivated team. The difficulty is creating a motivated team. This white paper talks about some of the factors behind the art of motivation.

This article by Sandeep Mehta takes a subjective look and provides practical understanding of Human Resource Management.

One of the most difficult parts of a project is to get buy-in from the business – in particular the Sponsor. This white paper explores a few techniques that can assist with the process. It also covers the engagement of business resources in a project and how that can be improved by a little bit of thought and planning.

Most Project Managers do not realize that they are lacking knowledge of what good Project Management involves and why it is so important. This article talks about the skills a Project Manager needs to have.

The topic is managing offshore projects using an agile methodology. There is enough learning in that topic to fill several articles. This is a two part white paper by Thavaranjan Thavendran which passes on some of his experiences in the area.

Part two of this white paper concludes the author’s experiences in managing offshore projects using an agile methodology.

Organizations must always have successful recruiting and hiring strategies in place to stay ahead of the game. This is the first of a three part series by Addicam Sanjay that explores the recruitment and retention of employees in the IT Industry.

Part two of our three part series concentrates on retention of staff.

Part three focuses on reducing turnover in your project or IT department.

ave you had trouble managing a Sponsor? This white paper gives a few tips and tricks to help you manage the Sponsor to be a supportive and contributing part of the team.

An extensive article that looks at the role of people in software development.

If the key stakeholders in a project are not supportive, you are in trouble from day one. This white paper provides a technique for mapping the importance and supportiveness of project participants.

Hiring project employees is a difficult task. Look at why the customer should not come first.

When it comes to resourcing a project, you rarely have the luxury of selecting the ideal people. So how do you manage the situation? This white paper gives some guidelines for dealing with the reality of project resources.

The five top things that business have difficulty with when looking at a project. Gives advice as to how to have a better relationship with the Sponsor

In this white paper we examine some of the human elements of projects and look at how different projects require a different approach to the people involved.