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1. Assignment of sufficient resources to get all of the defined work done.
• Collaboration early on the project planning cycle can ensure that all required tasks are identified and included in the initial request for project funding. Having a good gating process that allows sufficient time for each involved group to provide their input not only means a more accurate initial project view, it also helps generate buy-in and enthusiasm to participate.
2. Timely recognition of good work done by team members.
• It is well known that people who are rewarded in a timely fashion for their contributions are shown to work harder, increasing their own productivity and that of those around them. Surely, this must fall in the “common sense” book on effective human relationships, but in far flung project teams it has been especially difficult to do. Here again, the new collaboration tools make it much easier for the project manager to call out great work done – high quality, on time, and on budget.

• Instant Messaging, making it almost as easy to ask a quick question as standing by the water cooler
• Presence, knowing just who is and who isn’t available to communicate with right now
• Universal messaging, making it easier to communicate across any number of devices
• Wiki’s & Blogs
• Twitter & tailing (not just where you are but what you are doing)
• Social Networks
• Collaborative Workspaces, such as “Groove”
• My.shared.page personal portal
• Self subscription
• Auctions