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ENGINEERING
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

ASST PROF. ENGR

LECTURE 14
ALI SALMAN
alisalman@
ceme.nust.edu.pk

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PROJECT TEAMS
&
LEADERSHIP
The Need for Project Teams
Many roles / functions required during a Project

Secretary Procurement

Project Manager Accountant

Planner

Engineer
Designer
Why Work in Teams?

 Distributing the workload

 Reinforcing individual capabilities

 Creating participation and involvement

Stages of Team Development
Stage 1: Forming
• Team Building • Task

▫ Define team ▫ Define problem

▫ Determine and strategy
individual roles ▫ Identify
▫ Develop trust and
information
communication
▫ Develop norms needed
Stage 2: Storming
During the Storming stage team members:

▫ Realize that the task is more difficult than

they imagined
▫ Have fluctuations in attitude about
chances of success
▫ May be resistant to the task and
▫ Have poor collaboration
 Stage 3: Norming
• During this stage members accept:

▫ Their team;
▫ Team rules and procedures;
▫ Their roles in the team; and,
▫ The individuality of fellow members.
Stage 4: Performing
Team members have:

▫ Gained insight into personal and team

processes
▫ A better understanding of each other’s
strengths and weaknesses
▫ Gained the ability to prevent or work
through group conflict and resolve
differences and
▫ Developed a close attachment to the team
Stage 5: Adjourning

• Disengagement
• Anxiety about separation and ending
• Self-evaluation
Stages of Team Development
Leadership vs Management
In a nutshell, the difference between leadership and
management is:

• Leadership is setting a new direction or vision for a

group that they follow, i.e: a leader is the spearhead
for that new direction

• Management controls or directs people/resources in a

group according to principles or values that have
already been established
Necessary Role Change
Project Manager

Project Leader

“You can't manage a man into combat; you must lead

him.
You manage things;
you lead people.”
Don’t Manage; Lead!
To manage a project

Lead the people!

Discussion