CASE: GREEN COMPUTING RESEARCH PROJECT (6)

 

Part 6: Project Human Resource Management

Project Human Resource Management includes the processes that organize, manage and conduct the project team. The project team is made up of those people who have been assigned roles and responsibilities to complete the project. The type and number of project team members may vary frequently as the project progresses. The members of the

Case Study

You are five weeks into the Green Computing Research Project, and the full-time team members are together for the first time. You, Ben, Matt, and Le all work in the same location, but Teresa and James are based out of town and do most of their work virtually. Le is also new to the company and has just moved to the United States. She is staying in a hotel and looking for a place to live. She’d like to buy her first home, but she wants to make sure it’s a good investment and somewhere she’d like to stay for at least five years. You get along well with your project sponsor, Ben, and Matt is a great resource, although he is extremely reserved. Le is also very quiet, and you quickly discover that she is an excellent researcher and writer, but she is not comfortable speaking in public. Teresa and James are much more talkative and are excited to be working on this project. However, James seems to be reluctant to use much technology to share ideas, and he enjoys face-to-face meetings and discussions. You have made preliminary agreements with two outside consultants to assist you with editing and the teleconferencing topic for your research. You have to prepare a monthly progress report and presentation for Ito, the program manager. You also have short meetings as needed with Ben, your sponsor, and you send him a weekly progress report.