CHAPTER 30Project Management Checkpoint 3: Project Team Retention

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Setting the Foundation: Leadership and Behaviors

• Understanding Support Staff Personalities

• Keys for Retaining Employees

• Compensation Alternatives in the Real World

• Summary

• Case Study: Retaining Key Team Members

Because they span one or more years, project retention is critical to completing an SAP project; nothing derails a complex business application implementation like losing key people. In this chapter, we cover six keys to retention spanning motivation, compensation, communications, and more. Prior to addressing these retention matters, we take a critical look at leadership behaviors necessary to properly set the stage (see Chapter 12 for a detailed ...

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