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Coaching IT project teams: a design toolkit

Davar Rezania (MacEwan School of Business, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada)
Tony Lingham (Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

ISSN: 1753-8378

Article publication date: 11 September 2009

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed explanation of a design toolkit for coaching project teams.

Design/methodology/approach

It is first explained that approach to coaching teams using a measure that captures the real and ideal interactions for the 12 information technology (IT) project teams in this paper.

Findings

Based on the analysis of data from the coaching sessions, characteristics of a design toolkit are proposed for coaching IT project teams.

Research limitations/implications

A more comprehensive picture of team learning that takes into account non‐measurable dimensions of interaction might be of value in the kernel theories. More cases are required to verify the design theory in other contexts.

Practical implications

Project managers and team leaders can benefit form this design toolkit to approach coaching their teams.

Originality/value

This approach complements current models of team coaching.

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Citation

Rezania, D. and Lingham, T. (2009), "Coaching IT project teams: a design toolkit", International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 577-590. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538370910991151

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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