ABSTRACT
The implementation phase is the time when plans become reality and strategies are implemented. The project manager’s focus shifts to two key goals: making the project happen, and controlling and completing the project. Implementation of a project is about leading and motivating people, together with coordinating human and other resources to carry out the plan. Leadership, particularly for motivation and good teamwork is essential in creating successful project outcomes. Project managers can promote action learning in their teams by the simple method of encouraging thoughtful discussion and analysis of any aspect of a project that seems either troublesome or potentially rewarding, or that might be seen as a ‘critical incident’. Recruiting a project team can be a challenging and fraught process, sometimes undertaken in the rush to commence the implementation phase of the project. Internal recruitment involves the secondment of staff to the project team.
