5 Responses to “Human Factors in Project Management: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Inspiring Teamwork and Motivation”

1. Bryce R. Cassin
   September 10th, 2010 at 12:08 am

   I teach project management to masters students and specifically project team leadership and communications – this book is written for that audience and will be very useful – I am trying it out this semester. I did a quick word search and the author makes no reference to the field of what is known as human factors engineering, which draws on organisational psychology, cognitive psychology and ergonomics. There are no Rasmussen, Hollnagel, Reason, Dekker, Weick, references in this book. But business and quality management gurus rate a frequent mention. So it must be understood that the author is using ‘human factors’ in a non-technical sense. This is not unlike a 1990 title of the same name by Paul Dinsmore, who also uses ‘human factors’ in project management to refer to team leadership and communication skills from a soft systems like perspective more than a technical human factors approach. This all makes for Wong’s book being a useful and practical addition to this genre – just don’t expect any discussion of accidents, barriers, coupling, latent factors, failure modes,or situational awareness. Which is where the irony creeps in, because Wong does look at these topics from a lay perspective in an applied rather than investigative context.
   Rating: 4 / 5

2. R. Ju
   September 10th, 2010 at 12:37 am

   Human factors are too often overlooked as the “soft skills” that are actually essential to develop and grow high-performance project teams. Not anymore according to the words and wisdom espoused by Dr. Zachary Wong. Fasten your seat belts to take a ride with him on an adventurous journey that will help to develop and improve your organization, team, and surprisingly yourself through transformational change.
   Rating: 5 / 5

3. KB
   September 10th, 2010 at 3:26 am

   I am currently taking the author’s class at UCBerkeley and it is right on with his teachings. Great Teacher and Great book!
   Rating: 5 / 5

4. L.C.
   September 10th, 2010 at 5:36 am

   I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It wasn’t just another reference book for me. This gave me a lot of insight into team dynamics and the personalities behind the people on the team.

   As a Team Leader – once you understand the personalities on your team, you
   
   can modify strategies and accomplish your goals without feeling like you are fighting against a certain personality type. You learn to work around and with the harder to deal with personalities. Being in the Information Technology field, this book has given me the tools to succeed, not just with the local team, but in virtual teams as well.

   This book is not just for seasoned or beginner managers. It is for everyone who has to deal with team dynamics.

   I’m very glad I read this book.
   Rating: 5 / 5

5. Jose Alfredo Cano Ruiz
   September 10th, 2010 at 8:22 am

   This book will teach you many techniques to handle different kind of personal behaviors on different situations (motivating/collaborating/resolving conflicts….), as well as building high team performance.

   The author wrote a excellent structured book, easy and clear to understand.

   I think it could be useful for any person related on team management.
   Rating: 5 / 5