lessons learned working on IT projects

Lessons Learned
after 16 year
working
on
…
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T ogether
E veryone
A chieve
M ore
A Team is a group of individuals who cooperate and work together to achieve a
given set of objectives or goals (Horodyski, 1995).

Teamwork doesn´t happen by magic.

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

Success
doesn´t come
to You
…
You
Go
For It!!Marva Collings

Communication
is the
glue
that holds a
project team
together.

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

Great spirits
have always
encountered
violent
opposition
from
mediocre
minds.
Albert Einstein
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Never
throw in
the towel
Use it
to wipe off
the sweat
Then
keep
on going

10
You never
know
how strong
you are
until
being strong
is the only
choice
you have

11
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Stephen Covey

Love
your
enemies
because they
bring out the
best
in youFriedrich Nietzche

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

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.

17
”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 History
Jeff 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

22
Be
Better
that you
were
yesterday

23
No one becomes a champion by accident

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a lot for your
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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. 25
24 ways of motivate yourself. “THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY”

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