Internal Politics

       It is essential to keep internal politics in mind while producing a project.  Internal politics have the ability to derail and cause a project to fail.  How are politics able to do this?  Whether they will admit it or not people have their own personalities, egos, and agendas.  The interaction between the team members must also be taken into account.  Some people may not want work or work well with other individuals.  This must be taken into consideration while assigning teams.  However, this should not scare you away from assigning teams to establish new relationships.  These interactions and personal attributes must always be taken into consideration, as they have to ability to affect a project at any time.