RECOVERY

First, the best way I know of to get the right people is to have the most exciting project in the company. The right people will be clamoring to be a part of it. Or you could be the best project manager in the company, and the right people will come knocking at your door to be on your project. These are absolutely the best ways to man a project. If either of these conditions is beyond reality, show management how much will be lost if the right people are not assigned to this project, and either get the right people assigned from the company or hire the right people.

Second, training existing people is a good answer, but it is second best. There's certainly nothing wrong with training—it's just the cost of training. Someone has to pay ...

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