Is Your Dream Team Actually a Nightmare? | Tinder on Customers

<p>The Big Themes:</p><ul><li><strong>A project leader:</strong> Who has enough political capital to see the effort through to the end – and people who are culturally aligned with them.</li><li><strong>Projects with poor technology succeed because of great teams:</strong> Projects with great technology fail because of bad ones. You choose which one.</li><li><strong>An experienced technical person:</strong> One who’s deeply and intimately familiar with the product idiosyncrasies and pitfalls – and is willing to take that chance.</li><li><strong>Commitment:</strong> Project team members who can stay throughout the duration of the project – both from the systems integrator side and the customer side.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Big Quotes:</p><p>“I'm from Chicago. You always think of Michael Jordan, but really, and truly that was Phil Jackson that I would call the project leader.”</p><p> </p><p>This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.</p>