lessons learned working on it projects

Lessons Learned

after 16 yearworkingon IT projects…

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A Team is a group of individuals who cooperate and work together to achieve a given set of objectives or goals (Horodyski, 1995).

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Teamwork doesn´t happen by magic.

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“The more you dream, the farther you get.”Michael Phelps

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Success doesn´t come

to You…

You Go

For It!!Marva Collings

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Communication is the

glue that holds a project team

together.

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A business cannot grow unless the people in it aren’t motivated enough

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Great spirits have always

encountered violent

opposition from

mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein

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Never throw in the towelUse it to wipe off the sweatThen keep on going

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You never know

how strong you are

until being strong

is the only choice

you have

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VIDEOYour attitude determines your altitude.

Stephen Covey

Love your

enemies because they bring out the

best in you

Friedrich Nietzche

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“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes” Oscar Wilde

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Believe in yourself

Never Give Up!

never, never, never, never

give up.

Never!

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THINK BIG and don´t listen to people who tell you it can´t be done. Life´s too short to think small.

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”Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in

doing it.”Greg Anderson

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“Nothing means more to me than helping my team win” Derek Fisher

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Fernando Martin became the first Spanish player to play in NBA.

Difficult doesn't mean impossible, it simply means that you have to

work hard.

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Work Hard&

Have Fun&

Make HistoryJeff Bezos

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“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender

the Me for the We.” Phil Jackson

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Be Better

that you were

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No one becomes a champion by accident

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1. Put your plans on paper. Spell out your goals and ways to reach them.2. Be specific. The advice you give yourself must be such that you can put it into practice.3. Break the task down into small pieces so that you can handle them easily.4. Establish checkpoints on your progress as well as rewards.5. Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from your tasks completion.6. Avoid temptations and circumstances that might sidetrack you.7. Recognize your limitations. Don’t set unrealistic goals.8. Take advantage of your own energy peaks!9. Use negative motivation. Remind yourself of the consequences of inaction.10. Keep a time-control budget. Don’t let one task take control over others.11. Set deadlines and hold yourself to them.12. Make an honest distinction between “I can’t” and “I don’t want to”.13. Get started now. Don’t stall.14. Improve your self-persuasion ability. 15. Learn the difference between reasoning and rationalizing.16. Be optimistic. Your chances for success will increase.17. Decide how you want to start, what needs to be done first.18. Read, especially literature related to your situation.19. Use self-signaling devices – notes, signs, cues, reminders.20. Promise yourself rewards.21. Use the stimulation provided by good news to do extra work.22. Recognize conflicts and make a choice.23. Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is perfect.24. Exercise your sense of humor. Laughter indicates a realistic point of view.

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24 ways of motivate yourself. “THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY”