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The Skills required were posted into the Project/Team Builder Analytics. In this case:
Customer Service Support
Marketing
Project Management
User Research
To filter to a manageable level only specific job titles were selected, omitting many that would obviously not have been interested in such a project.
Account Manager
Project Manager
Service Desk Team Leader
Systems Analyst
Then the people that were selected based on the selected skills were exported to a .csv file
The exported file was then able to be used as the shortlist of possible people.
Of course further checking was then required on their:
Availability
Willingness to be involved
Impact being involved would have on their current duties
etc..
The fact that there was some geographical dispersion, would mean that it would be a virtual team, and some would be working on the project remotely
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