The 2010 PMBOK Cafe First session Third Workshop discussed the aspects of Team Building. The scenario is that a global project with team members from around the world have come to Japan to participate in some team building activities. The PMBOK Cafe Participants discuss the Japanese perspective on what a team is and how Teams should communicate between each other. Japanese metaphors of a/un, Takarabune, and Sugoroku were used to describe how Japanese people communicate. Very Interesting insights in to how Japanese people view communication on Global project Teams.

"Takarabune" Team

"Communication has a lot of bones." Team

Brainstroming Global Stakeholder Management

How to manage multi-cultural Global Project Teams?

Projects are about people. Identification of the stakeholders, understanding their requirements and setting their expectations is challenging on global projects separated by location and time. A Global project challenge is to harmonize cultural differences; for example explicit written formal project documents and tacit verbal informal shared value project management. This café will explore the, techniques to asses various cultures communication preferences, how to have effective communication between cultures and what is the best way to influence stakeholders using soft skills.

Link to full screen Collaborative Brainstorm

2010 S1W2 Stakeholders