Collaboration refers to two or more people working towards a common goal. When applied to project management, collaboration means bringing together a team from different departments, offices, companies and countries to complete a project.
Adapting a collaborative approach to project management offers many benefits including:
- Increased commitment to the project
- Effective communication
- Innovation and creative problem solving
- Knowledge and skill sharing.
Sounds great? Implementing collaborative project management can be trickier than expected. Challenges include different approaches to using collaborative project sites and documentation; a lack of guidelines and standards for project managers to follow and the rising number of ‘project managers by accident’ who are not formally trained in project management.
At BrightWork, we firmly believe that collaborative project management is a great route to project success. These five resources provide tips, ideas and technical advice to boost team collaboration.
Creating a Culture of Collaboration on Your Project Team: Learn more on increasing team productivity, problem solving and contributing to team expertise
PM Tip: Create a Culture of Collaboration with SharePoint [Video]: This short video introduces document management, search, and knowledge management tools in SharePoint
5 Ways to Improve Team Collaboration with SharePoint 2013: Learn how to develop a culture of collaboration with the project team (regardless of location) by using shared sites, document management, co-authoring, version control, discussions and social capabilities
[Infographic] Using a SharePoint Team Site for Collaboration: Build the right project site for your team
Which Collaboration Option is Best in Office 365? Find out how BrightWork uses Yammer, Office Groups and SharePoint sites to suit our different collaboration needs.
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