MY TEAM: CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM, CAN'T WORK WITHOUT 'EM
 

Collaboration is such a positive word and everyone says they believe in it, but companies are built with silos of departmental competition and organizations compete actively against each other for budget and resources.  Increasingly, cross-organizational teams find themselves in situations where they must balance collaboration and competition within the same business.

Keynote and Conference Presentations

(an interactive presentation)


WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Individuals attending need to:

  • Increase the effectiveness of projects.
  • Reduce the politics that stagnate project progress.
  • Manage multiple agendas of cross-organizational project work.

WHAT THE SESSION PROVIDES
This session will demonstrate how collaboration and competition can coexist to increase the effectiveness of organizational teams.
 

WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEARN
After attending this session, the participants will be able to:

  • Manage the multiple agendas of cross-organizational project work.
  • Manage competition within a collaborative structure.
  • Identify the costs and benefits of collaboration and competition.
  • Create a plan to manage the communication needs of cross-organizational projects.
  • Clearly define the current status and create a plan to move toward the desired state of project collaboration.

 

 

 

PMI INFORMATION
Program # 1265-000009 PDU: 1
Prerequisites: None

OUTLINE
  • What is Collaboration?
  • Why Do Projects Fail?
  • Where Do We Want to Be?
  • Creating a Flexible Structure
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