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May 26 2009   6:50PM GMT

Don’t let team conflict ruin a good project



Posted by: Yusuf Salwati
Project management, Office politics, Productivity

Being in a management position, I have seen first hand how conflict with in a group could cause substantial damages to rather a great project. At the beginning of most projects, the morals are usually high and everyone is filled with energy and enthusiasm.

But project progression lead to conflicts for the following reasons:

1-Approching deadlines
2-As project outcomes become more clear, individuals become more concerned about the
reward and the recognition
3-Mistakes that took place at early stages of the project were not corrected
4-Manager loses control as pressure mounts

These are some of the major points I have experienced in various projects, some of rather very good projects and ideas never saw the light because of ugly team conflict.

So my advice, keep the above mentioned points in check.

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Facilitatorgator  |   Jun 25 2009   5:22PM GMT

Good advice Yusuf. Something else to think about though - most of these are symptoms of conflict avoidance - not having clear open communication early on and along the way about reward and recognition and mistakes; holding people accountable for deadlines, etc. Managers can set the stage for constructive and creative conflict early on in the project to avoid destructive conflict down the line.