Title :
Common project management problems and how they can be avoided through the use of self managing teams
Author :
Gross, Robert L. ; Price, David
Author_Institution :
Robert Gross & Associates, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
As a result of observations and discussions, the authors realized that there were classes of problems common to product development efforts of many companies. In general, the participants recognized the problems while they were occurring but felt that they could not contribute to their resolution. This research was instituted to determine the specific nature of some of these problems. It was expected that analysis of the data would point out the most critical problems facing product development teams, and provide a basis for using some existing concepts of organizational structure and project management to effect their resolution. A discussion is presented on how a system may be established in which these problems can be resolved easily or avoided entirely
Keywords :
project engineering; research and development management; self-adjusting systems; companies; organizational structure; product development; project management problems; self managing teams; Costs; Cultural differences; Data analysis; Engineering management; Guidelines; Information analysis; Product development; Project management; Research and development management; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 1990. Management Through the Year 2000 - Gaining the Competitive Advantage, 1990 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1990.201275