Keeping The Team on Track Flashcards
What is the Tuckman Model?
5 stages of team development:
- Forming
- Storming
- Norming
- Performing
- Adjourning
Tuckman Model - Forming
Team members get to know and trust one another
Tuckman Model - Storming
Team members begin to assert themselves and control emerging issues.
Tuckman Model - Norming
Team begins to work productively, without worrying about personal acceptance or control issues
Tuckman Model - Performing
Team is working at optimum productivity and is collaborating easily; and is solving its own conflict problems.
Tuckman Model - Adjourning
Team members complete their assigned work and shift to the next project or assigned task
Types of Performance Tracking Tools
- SCRUM/Agile/KanBan Boards
- Throughput metrics
- Cycle Time
- Quality Metrics
- Earned Value
- Bar Charts (Gantt)
- Velocity
Value Stream Mapping
A lean enterprise technique used to document, analyze and improve the flow of information or materials required to produce a product or service for a customer.
Earned Value Term: BAC
Total Approved Budget
Earned Value Term: PV
Value of Work Planned
Earned Value Term: EV
Value of the work completed
Earned Value Term: AC
Dollars spent to date
Earned Value Term: EAC
Estimate at Completion
Earned Value Term: ETC
Estimate to Complete (Total remaining spend)
Earned Value Term: VAC
Variance at Completion (Net difference between approved budget and total forecasted spend)
SCRUM/Agile/KanBan Boards
Based on the Japanese management method of pulling cards to various stages as they are worked on, physical or electronic boards can track work as it progresses across various stages or categories.
Throughput Metrics
Measurement of the team’s work that has moved from one stage to another stage over a certain time
Cycle Time
Measurement of work that has progressed all the way from plan to completed or delivered
