Multimedia projects and the optimum choice of individuals and teams

摘要

Project teams that lack sufficient resources are unlikely to be effective in their task irrespective of their individual and combined abilities. Correspondingly, teams with inappropriate ability are unlikely to complete a development task well irrespective of the resources placed before them. This paper summarises an evaluation study of 28 multimedia development projects undertaken by individual teams to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of various approaches to contracted multimedia development. The study adds information to the growing body of knowledge about the contribution individuals make to the successful completion of projects. The research undertaken for this paper provides an analysis of the roles and role-playing processes that individuals and their inclusion into project teams contribute in the development process. The development processes involved in multimedia production parallel those of conventional project management wisdom, and serve as a reminder of some of the forgotten requirements of any project process.