50 Top IT Project Management Challenges

CHALLENGE 40: MISSING TEAMWORK

My team is working without any synergy between them, always fighting with each other, blaming and passing the buck, without actual focus on the problem. What do I do?

You can read it all over a manager’s face when they have that ‘chaos’ look.

It is always stressful to manage team disputes, in addition to the deadlines and deliverables pressures. There could be millions of reasons that are contributing towards the lack of team work. The IT world is a collection of varied colours, ages, sexes and cultural backgrounds. This combination in a team, can contribute to disputes. When there are multiple senior resources with varied priorities, the pressure could spread across the team and cause the noise. The ‘ego clash’ ...