7. Managing Teams
Our goal today is to develop and facilitate leadership, team building,
performance management, and conflict management skills in the
context of an IT environment
Main reference: Gray & Larson, 2006,
Ch 11.
Effective Team Characteristics
Why Join Teams?
Team Development
Keys to Managing People
Managing Project Teams
Project Team Conflict
Project Team Pitfalls
Effective Team Characteristics
What is a Team?
A team
is a group of individuals who cooperate and work together to achieve a
given set of objectives or goals (Horodyski, 1995).
Teamwork
is close cooperation between cross-trained employees who
are familiar with a wide range of jobs in their organization
Team-building
is high interaction among group members to increase trust and openness
Effective Team Characteristics
1
Project Team Size
2
Common Characteristics
Project Team Size
Performance is based on balance of members carrying out roles and meeting social and emotional
needs
Project teams of 5 to 12 members work best
There are
problems you
encounter as size
increases
1. It gets more difficult to
interact with and
influence the group
4. It requires more
centralized decision
making
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The Mythical Man-Month
Group Intercommunication
Formula
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The Mythical Man-Month
Group Intercommunication
Formula
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The Mythical Man-Month
Group Intercommunication
Formula
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Security
Status
Self-esteem
Affiliation
Power
Goal achievement
Why do teams work well for organizations?
Team Development
Project team
This model provides a framework for the group to understand its own
development.
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R. Max Wideman, (1998) Project Teamwork, Personality Profiles and the Population at Large: Do we have
enough of the right kind of people? FPMI, AEW Services, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/profiles/profiles.pdf
What is your suitability to Project Work?
* Wideman, R. Max. “Project Teamwork, Personality Profiles and the Population at Large: Do we have enough of the right kind of people?”
(http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/profiles/profiles.pdf ).
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Responsiveness
Another model
Task
Analytical Driver
Responsiveness
Amiable Expressive
People
Allow time for team members to mentor and help each other to meet
project goals and develop human resources
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Team Development cont’d…
Reward and Recognition Systems cont’d…
Categories:
– achievement
– affiliation
– power
McGregor’s Theory X and
Theory Y
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win/win
5. Seek first to understand, then to
be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the saw
Covey’s Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Managing Project Teams
Project managers must lead their teams in performing various project
activities
After assessing team performance and related information, the project
manager must decide:
– if changes should be requested to the project
– if corrective or preventive actions should be recommended
– if updates are needed to the project management plan or organizational
process assets
Tools and techniques available to assist in managing project teams
include:
– observation and conversation
– project performance appraisals
– conflict management
– issue logs
Develop your team
Develop your team
Managing Establishing
Subsequent Ground Rules
Meetings
Conducting
Relationship Planning
Decisions Project Decisions
Meetings
Effective Use
of Meetings
Co-location of
team members
Creation of project
team name
Team rituals
Figure 11.4 Requirements for an Effective Project Vision
(Gray & Larson, 2006, p357)
Orchestrating the Decision-Making Problem
Process Identification
Generating
Alternatives
Reaching a
Decision
Follow-up
Rejuvenating the Project Team
Informal Techniques
– institute new rituals
– take an off-site break as a team
from the project
– view an inspiration message or
movie
– have the project sponsor give a
pep talk
Rejuvenating the Project Team
Formal Techniques
– team building session
facilitated by an outsider to
clarify ownership issues
affecting performance
– engage in an outside activity
that provides an intense
common experience to
promote social development
of the team
Challenges of Managing Virtual Teams
Challenges of Managing Virtual Teams
Developing trust
exchange of social information
set clear roles for each team member
Challenges of Managing Virtual Teams
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Groupthink
Bypass Syndrome
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