Project
Resource Allocation Between Teams
Last week, I am been encountered into the problem of allocating resource between different teams. Here is a quick guideline: Understand implications between different teams, and priorities. Work with stakeholders, run through all the options with them, and see if people agree or not. Keep the decision transparent. Don’t be helpfully unhelpful. Always generously providing support will lead others blind on their actual problem. Reference Float: Resource Allocation: 6 Steps Every Project Manager Should Know
Orangise Hackathon in Your Organisation
TL;DR Early preparation and repeat communications are the keystones for high team engagement. A 2-days Hackathon is a good balance between team engagement, project complexity and business outcome. Sponsorship from external vendor is not essential, but good to have. Clear schedule and timeline will help all participant around when to do what. A Hackathon theme is necessary to guide team participations, even just ‘Have Fun’ is a good one. Post Hackathon communication is as IMPORTANT as the Hackathon event itself, especially for these who didn’t participant this time....
Organise Team Day Off-site
TL;DR Early preparation and repeat communications are the keystones for high team engagement. A 2-days Team off-site is a good balance between team engagement, agenda and budget. Relative loose agenda will help the team to know each other better, especially people from different offices. Organising Team Off-site for multiple offices is not an easy job, it needs lots of planning, preparation, coordination, and contingency plan. Sponsorship from external vendor is not essential, but good to have....
Facilitate Productive Workshop
In the previous post around Effective Meetings in Workspace , I talk about some general best practice about a productive meeting. Normally a meeting can be organised based on following phrases. In this page, I am going to write down some practical tips for facilitating a productive workshop. Before meeting kick-off In the meeting Post meeting follow-up Before Kick-Off Preparation. Get to the meeting room if you have. Get yourself a cup of water if you need....