Develop Team
Develop Team is the process of improving competencies, team member interaction, and the overall team environment to enhance project performance.
Explanation
Develop Team focuses on building the skills and capabilities of individual team members while also fostering a cohesive, high-functioning team. The project manager should acquire the skills to identify, build, maintain, motivate, lead, and inspire project teams to achieve high team performance and meet project objectives.\n\nTools and techniques include colocation, virtual teams, communication technology, interpersonal and team skills (conflict management, influencing, motivation, negotiation, and team building), recognition and rewards, training, individual and team assessments, and meetings. The Tuckman model of team development (forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning) provides a framework for understanding how teams evolve.\n\nThe key outputs are team performance assessments, change requests, and updates to project documents including the team charter, lessons learned register, project schedule, and resource management plan. Effective team development leads to reduced turnover, improved individual skills, and better overall project performance.
Key Points
- •Improves individual competencies and team cohesion
- •Uses training, team-building activities, recognition, and rewards
- •References Tuckman ladder for team development stages
- •Outputs include team performance assessments
Exam Tip
Develop Team is about improving the team, not managing day-to-day issues. Conflict resolution and performance issues fall under Manage Team.
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Related Topics
Manage Team
Manage Team is the process of tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and managing team changes to optimize project performance.
Tuckman's Team Development Model
Tuckman's model describes five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Teams progress through these stages as they mature and develop working relationships.
Colocation (War Room)
Colocation (also known as a war room or tight matrix) involves placing team members in the same physical location to improve communication, working relationships, and productivity.
Virtual Teams
Virtual teams are groups of people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles with little or no face-to-face interaction, relying on communication technology to collaborate.
Conflict Management
Conflict management is the practice of identifying and handling conflicts in a timely, constructive manner to minimize negative impacts and leverage disagreement for improved outcomes.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own emotions and to recognize, understand, and influence the emotions of others.
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