Teaching “How To Learn ” for Your Organization's Goals: Onboarding and Training Distributed Teams

PmBok defines a project as “ a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result”. As Project Managers, many of the organizations we work with and much of the work we undertake, will encompass this definition.

Through this, we will encounter protocols, plans, processes and methods that are similar, yet client and project customizable.

During this process and as one would anticipate, we often encounter newly formulated teams and individuals that join the organization or project team at various stages in the project endeavor. The instructions of “hitting the ground running” or are being “thrown into the fire” become commonly used colloquialisms. 

Many of us have found ourselves in such circumstances.  More often than not, it can and may be used as a barometer of measurement within certain industries and associated peer groups.

Fair? It often is not. Real? It often is.

In order for organizations to accommodate delivery methods and project requirements and for an organization's maturity levels to effectively meet those needs, Teaching  “How to Learn” for Your Organization's Goals  is a necessary operational component for managing successful projects.

As importantly, the individual contributors are utilizing skills and tools needed to make the transition or balance multiple or simultaneous assignments. 

Establishing a consistent performance definable method of  project “specific” training and resource availability, for all participants, becomes extremely necessary and very helpful. All team members are not alike, and many are hired for their subject matter expertise. 

Your team's performance for your client requirements can be assessed in many ways and should be established prior to onboarding, and managed as consistent with the assigned tasks at various progressive stages. 

Building great teams can and should be one of the most important tasks undertaken by project managers and projectized organizations. Setting a system in place that is simple, fair, measurable and accountable sets you and the organization on the road to better team building, increased positive morale, better retainage of quality human capital, maintaining a portfolio of successful projects and a very satisfied clientele. NFB

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