Project Teams and Leaders

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This paper discusses how companies today are expected to compete globally, meet ever-improving standards and increase profits, but often with fewer people and fewer resources. It looks at how in order to meet these seemingly impossible goals, organizations have begun to develop project teams. Teams are not considered to be groups, but a combination of people who come together for a common purpose or objective. It analyzes the four development stages of successful teams, forming, storming, norming and performing and how project teams can have numerous advantages if they are properly formed and the project is successfully carried out. It also evaluates the array of difficulties can arise once teams are produced which can prevent teams from reaching the performing phase of the project.

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"The team discusses the responsibilities and expected outcomes in the storming phase of the project. This may also be called the concept phase. The storming phase consists of different techniques to discuss what upper management is looking for from the team and how the team can accomplish the given tasks. "Brainstorming is usually the easiest way for the group to identify issues, create options for the given project, and identify impacts the project may have on the organization" (McMahon, 2002, p.65). Brainstorming can be free form, silent, structured, or virtual. Free forming allows the group members to literally shout out ideas, while a facilitator then writes down all the ideas. The group then sorts the ideas into different categories. Silent brainstorming consists of each participant writing down an idea on a large "sticky note" and posting it on a board for everyone to see."

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