5. Manage your project team

Project team management involves monitoring team performance to optimize project performance.

The team's behavior can be influenced, conflicts managed, problems dealt with and team members' performance assessed.

Leading the project team requires management skills to promote teamwork and create high-performance teams.

Good team management involves communication, conflict management, negotiation and leadership skills.

Project managers need to offer team members challenging assignments, and not forget to reward good performance.

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The needs of project team members within the...