One of the most important tasks a project manager must perform to be effective in delivering their project is communicating down, communicating to inform, inspire and direct their team. It is often easy, in the heat of the project, to forget that the project is, in reality, delivered by the team of personnel behind the project manager. This team will often get little recognition for their work when the awards are handed out at the end of the project, and frequently feel they are treated like mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed on manure…