PROJECT TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS
 

• Stages of Team Development and Growth
  
  
• forming 
  transition from individual to team member
  
  
• storming
  members start to work on individual tasks
  
  
• norming
  relationships have settled and conflicts resolved
  
  
• performing
  the team is committed and eager to achieve the project objective
  
  
• The Effective Project Team
  
  
• has a clear understanding of the project objective
• has clear expectations of each person's role and responsibilities
• has a results orientation
• has a high degree of cooperation and collaboration
• has a high level of trust
  
  
  
• Barriers to Team Effectiveness
  
  
• unclear goals
• unclear definition of roles and responsibilities
• lack of project structure
• lack of commitment
• poor communication
• poor leadership
• turnover of project team members
• dysfunctional behavior
  
  
  
• Being an Effective Team Member
  
  
• participate
• communicate
• collaborate
• compromise
• focus on team objective rather than personal gains, pride, etc.
  
  
  
• Team Building
  
  
• enable socialization

• sources of conflict:
  
  
• differences in opinion regarding:
  work scope
  work sequencing
  resource assignment
  cost allocation
  priorities
  
  
• behaviors of individuals:
  avoiding or withdrawing
  competing or forcing
  accomodating or smoothing
  compromising
  confronting
  
  
• personal differences
  
  
• organizational issues

• develop a problem statement
• gather data and identify potential causes of the problem
• identify and evaluate possible solutions
• determine the best solution
• revise the project plan and implement the solution
• confirm that the problem has been solved