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94. What problems or obstacles may be encountered by the project manager when attempting to staff his or her project team? Review the list of problems or issues that may be experienced when staffing a project, and provide a recommendation for managing and resolving the issue. Consider the project or projects you are cur- rently assigned to manage. What issues have you encountered? What were the root causes? How did you respond to those issues? Issue or Problem Recommended Action Example: Critical resources may not be available when needed. Identify alternative sources, escalate to the project sponsor, negotiate availability with functional managers, consider contractors and outsourcing Functional and technical support groups are not cooperating with the request for resources. Assigned team members are not motivated or are considered "poor performers." Multiple projects result in resource contention. Functional managers unwilling to release highly qualified resources. Lack of resources with subject matter expertise. 5 Issue or Problem Recommended Action Resources reluctant to accept project assignment due to temporary nature of projects (start and end dates). Performance appraisals remain responsibility of functional manager. Resources are assigned to multiple projects and you cannot get them to commit sufficient time to your project. Resources prefer to perform some of the work according to their own way of doing things rather than according to the project plan. Certain "prima donna" resources prefer to work by themselves rather than in a group. Resources want their functional managers to bless their work before submitting it to the project manager