As you can see from the last stage, the project is now up and running and everybody (hopefully!) knows what they are meant to do. In a collaborative project you as the Project Manager are essentially asking the team members for three commitments as follows:

(i) Find work

• Using one of the many notifications cited in the last stage (e.g. My Work reports, automated emails, etc.) be sure to go find you work so you know what you are committed to doing for the project.

(ii) Do work

• Naturally enough - go do the work! In many cases the actual work products (e.g. a proposal or a design doc) may be tracked in the collaborative project site.

(iii) Update progress on work (recording any issues)

• Use the datasheets or forms provided ion the collaborative site to record progress on what is done or in progress and use the environment to record any issues that need attention

As the Project Manager you will want to ensure that the team members understand their simple enough responsibilities. Using this simple 3-step explanation (Find Work, Do Work, Update Work) is an easy way to communicate expectations with the team. Making this expectation you have clear is something you may wish to do at the Project Kick Off meeting. You will probably also want to give Team Members a rhythm to follow - e.g.,

• [Monday] Review the latest plan and your personal commitments (via the dashboards or the automated emails)
• [Everyday!] Do lots of work and makes great progress!
• [Late Thursday] Everyone makes a personal progress update and on tasks and issues in the project site (if not already done)
• [Friday at 10am] Weekly Team Meeting for 30 minutes