Monday, December 3, 2012

Project & Team Management


Received Course Director Award

            There are very few companies out there that are comprised of teams of one; I know that sounds redundant. More commonly we find quite the opposite, where a business is a microcosm within itself with many varying structures. In order for there to be a leader there needs to be a group or team in which to lead. Aside from leading a team effectively, Project & Team Management also showcased how through effective team leadership a vast array of clients’ needs can be addressed. Building a stellar Request for Proposal (RFP) is but one of the skills I was able to add to my repertoire after having finished this course.

            For any company, especially for one in the entertainment industry, life is a series of projects. As a one-time business owner, I fully understand the importance of any given project. Sure some are smaller or bigger than others, but any poorly run project can have detrimental effects for a business of any size. Simple things like running a SWOT analysis and communicating effectively can go a long way into making any project a success. Something from this course that I used to personally polish up on was learning to better analyze a project’s end result so as to improve on a team’s learning curve. Evaluating performances from both a team as a whole and each individual of that team is a necessary step to improve the next time around. After all, whether it is a project done for the boss or one done for a client, there are people at the end of a project’s assembly line waiting for an end result. As a team leader, it is my responsibility to make sure those projects get completed in time, done correctly and as cost effective as possible in order to strengthen our bottom line.