{"id":540,"date":"2007-09-12T23:00:24","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/2007\/09\/12\/project-management-maturity-with-virtual-and-non-pm-teams\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:37:36","slug":"project-management-maturity-with-virtual-and-non-pm-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Project Management Maturity with Virtual and Non-PM Teams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Maturity Forum Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/maturity-forum-2007-logo.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"128\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 Ahead of\u00a0Friday&#8217;s Project Management Maturity Forum, guest speaker Brad Clark\u00a0shares\u00a0answers\u00a0on a few advance questions from our participants.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"96\" alt=\"Brad Clark Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/pmi-sv_pmm-forum_speakers_brad-clark_23.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"76\" \/>Brad is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Advantinum Group, an Ohio-based management consulting firm, and is Maturity Measurement Team Lead for\u00a0<em>OPM3<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Second Edition.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Q:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;How do you achieve project management maturity when project teams are virtual, using many people who don&#8217;t have a project management background?&#8221;<!--more--><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0 A: I had to deal with this particular problem supporting 7 business segments in Consumer Operations at Bank of America, where my entire project delivery team and project team members were virtual.\u00a0 I knew going in that I couldn&#8217;t turn every project team member into quasi project managers, but I had to enhance their knowledge of the basics of estimation, understanding schedule dates, time tracking and project 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