As a project manager you are the leader for the project who should lead the project team to achieve project goals and objectives. Communication, negotiation, and leadership skills are key skills that project manager should utilize when managing and dealing with the project team.
Building team accountability is crucial for project success so project manager should focus on it in early stage in the project when building his team. Building team accountability may vary based on project delivery approach (Agile & Waterfall & Hybrid) , below are The best ways to build team accountability:
- share project goals, ensure your team is fully aware of project goals and objectives and they are interested and excited to achieve these goals.
- engage your team in planning stage such as building project Scope , WBS , schedule , Risk management , and Quality to get their buy-in .
- define clear role and responsibility for each team member.
- define KPI such as achieve the assigned activity on time as per project schedule, quality of deliverable, customer satisfaction, Problem solving, innovation, and deal with projects challenges.
- empower your team and delegate the required authority to them in order to take the decision.
- encourage collaboration and self-organized team
- conduct a project review meeting with the Team and reporting on a regular basis as per agreed communication plan.
- Transparency and fairness are important when dealing with the team.
- celebrate and award the team for achieved milestone.