Develop Project Team

Purpose:

Result in improved teamwork, enhanced people skills and competencies, motivated employees, reduced staff turnover rates, and improved overall project performance.

Objective:

Improving competencies, team member interaction, and overall team environment to enhance project performance.

Description:

Project managers should acquire skills to identify, build, maintain, motivate, lead, and inspire project teams to achieve high team performance and to meet the project’s objectives. Teamwork is a critical factor for project success, and developing effective project teams is one of the primary responsibilities of the project manager. Project managers should create an environment that facilitates teamwork. Project managers should continually motivate their team by providing challenges and opportunities, by providing timely feedback and support as needed, and by recognizing and rewarding good performance. High team performance can be achieved by using open and effective communication, creating team-building opportunities, developing trust among team members, managing conflicts in a constructive manner, and encouraging collaborative problem solving and decision making. The project manager should request management support and/or influence the appropriate stakeholders to acquire the resources needed to develop effective project teams.

Project managers operate in a global environment and work on projects characterized by cultural diversity. Team members often have diverse industry experience, know multiple languages, and sometimes operate in the “team language” that may be a different language or norm than their native one. The project management team should capitalize on cultural differences, focus on developing and sustaining the project team throughout the project life cycle, and promote working together interdependently in a climate of mutual trust. Developing the project team improves the people skills, technical competencies, and overall team environment and project performance. It requires clear, timely, effective, and efficient communication between team members throughout the life of the project. Objectives of developing a project team include, but are not limited to:

    • Improving knowledge and skills of team members to increase their ability to complete project deliverables, while lowering costs, reducing schedules, and improving quality;
    • Improving feelings of trust and agreement among team members to raise morale, lower conflict, and increase teamwork; and
    • Creating a dynamic, cohesive, and collaborative team culture to (1) improve individual and team productivity, team spirit, and cooperation and (2) allow cross-training and mentoring between team members to share knowledge and expertise.

RASIC:

Inputs:

  • Human Resource Management Plan
  • Project Staff Assignments
  • Resource Calendars

Outputs:

  • Team Performance Assessments
  • Updated Enterprise Environmental Factors

Controls:

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Training
  • Team-Building Activities
  • Ground Rules
  • Co-location
  • Recognition and Rewards
  • Personnel Assessment Tools

Task Instructions:

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