CHAPTER 23ALTERNATIVE PROJECT TEAMS1

“The formation and use of teams is an art form for corporate America.”

BUSINESS WEEK, NOVEMBER 1, 1993, p. 160

23.1 INTRODUCTION

Some uses of alternative project teams are described in Chap. 20, Continuous Improvement through Projects. Today, an approach to the management of many initiatives in the enterprise can be facilitated by the use of a series of different projects and project teams that serve different purposes for dealing with change in an organization. Some of these teams are similar to project teams; others go beyond the traditional use of project teams.

In this chapter, both traditional and nontraditional project teams are reviewed. The use of such teams centers around such matters as market ...

Get Project Management, 5th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.