PROJECT TEAM DEVELOPMENT MODELS Flashcards
Tuckman Ladder - stages of team development as forming, storming, norming,
performing, and adjourning.
FORMING The project team first comes together. Members get to know each other’s name, position on the project team, skill sets, and other pertinent background information. This might occur in the kickoff meeting.
Tuckman Ladder - stages of team development as forming, storming, norming,
performing, and adjourning.
Storming Project team members jockey for position on the team. This phase is where people’s personalities, strengths, and weaknesses start to come out. There might be some conflict or struggle as people figure out how to work together. Storming might go on for some time or pass relatively quickly.
Tuckman Ladder - stages of team development as forming, storming, norming,
performing, and adjourning.
Norming The project team starts to function as a collective body. At this point, project team members know their places on the team and how they relate to and interface with all the other members. They are starting to work together. There might be some challenges as work progresses, but these issues are resolved quickly, and the project team moves into action.
Tuckman Ladder - stages of team development as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.
Performing The project team becomes operationally efficient. This is the mature project team stage. Project teams that have been together for a while are able to develop a synergy. By working together, project team members accomplish more and produce a high-quality product.
Tuckman Ladder - stages of team development as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.
Adjourning The project team completes the work and disperses to work on other things.
If the project team has formed good relationships, some project team members might be sad about leaving the project team.
Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model
Allan Drexler and David Sibbet developed a team performance model with seven steps. Steps 1 through 4 describe the stages in creating a project team, and steps 5 through 7 cover project team sustainability and performance.
What is step 1 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 1: Orientation. Orientation answers the question of why. In this stage, the project team learns the purpose and mission for the project. This usually occurs at a kickoff meeting, or is documented in a business case, project charter, or lean start-up canvas.
What is step 2 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 2: Trust building. Trust building answers the question of who. This stage sheds light on who is on the project team and the skills and abilities each person brings. It can also include information about key stakeholders who may not be part of the project team but can influence the project team.
What is step 3 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 3: Goal clarification. Goal clarification answers what. In this stage, the project team elaborates the high-level project information. This may include finding out more about stakeholder expectations, requirements, assumptions, and deliverable acceptance criteria.
What is step 4 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 4: Commitment. Commitment addresses the question of how. In this stage, the project team starts to define plans to achieve the goals. This can include milestone schedules, release plans, high-level budgets, resource needs, and so forth.
What is step 5 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 5: Implementation. High-level plans are decomposed into greater levels of detail, such as a detailed schedule or backlog. The project team starts working together to produce deliverables.
What is step 6 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 6: High performance. After the project team has worked together for some time, project team members reach a high level of performance. They work well together, don’t need much oversight, and experience synergies within the project team.
What is step 7 of the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model?
Step 7: Renewal. Renewal is the stage of working through changes on the project team or the project. The deliverables, stakeholders, environment, project team leadership, or team membership may change. This causes the project team to consider if the past behavior and actions are still sufficient, or if the project team needs to go back to a previous stage to reset the expectations and ways of working together.
