Team Dynamics and Leadership

 Powerful leader and team building is a key to project success. In this chapter, the author analyzes the steps to create a unified working group, identify the types of leadership and models of communication to better collaborate and overcome the conflicts that might occur in the course of work.

                                                                             

Building a Project Team

The development of a workable project team is a vital process in the success of a project. Appropriate combination of abilities, personal forces, and positions may be the ideal way of ensuring all the targets are met, time limits are respectable, and the quality of results amazing. Here is a sequential or step by step approach to forming and or managing a project team:

1. Specify Goals and Scope of the project

Prior to constructing the team, make sure you understand clearly the project goals, the timeline and the scope. This will help you in determining the areas of skills and competencies needed.

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Which are the main deliverables?

What is the project timing?

Does it have any technical or functional requirements?

2. Determine the Jobs and Abilities Required

Deconstruct the project in its main parts and identify the kind of knowledge required. Look at the technical and non technical skills needed to accomplish the project objectives.

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Project Manager: Leads the project and facilitates the work of other teams, plans and mitigates risks and provides the delivery of deliverables on time.

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs): highly qualified personnel knowledgeable in certain fields, e.g. software development, financial, marketing, engineering, etc.

Designers: In case of the project, a product or interface is needed, graphic designers or UX/UI specialists can be valuable.

Developers/Engineers: In case it is a technical project, developers or engineers will be a necessary component.

Quality Assurance (QA): Reassures that the finished work product is up to required standards and work properly.

Marketing and Sales Pros: If a new product is being launched the individuals will assist with strategy and customer outreach.

3) Evaluate Personal Strengths and weaknesses

It is important to learn the strengths, weaknesses, and expertise of possible team members. You will require to evaluate:

Technical skills: Do the team members have the responses to the tools and techniques needed on the project?

Interpersonal skills: Communication and other soft skills should be strong in order to work with others.

Accessibility: Team members must have time to devote to the project.

Group processes: Take into consideration the team dynamics. Make sure there is a proper balance between the leadership, teamwork and technical implementation.

4. Select Team Players

In accordance with specific roles identified and the skills required, begin to select members of the team. The tandem chosen must have not only well-developed technical areas of knowledge but complement them with each other in personal qualities and approaches to work.

Diversity: A diverse team can contribute to new ideas and innovation since it has a wide opinion.

Motivation: Team members should be highly motivated and even enthusiastic about the project because this will make them more productive.

5. Establish Clear Expectations and Roles

After choosing your team, clarify the roles and expectations and communicate these:

Responsibilities: Make sure that everyone on the team knows his or her particular responsibility.

Decision-Making Authority: Burfayn who has which part of the project.

Communication: Spell out frequency and form of reporting about the progress (e.g. daily stand-ups, weekly reports).

6. Set Team Norms and Processes

Establish systems and procedures to make the cooperation pleasant:

Communication Tools: Communication tools such as Slack, Microsoft teams or email can be used.

Project Management Tools: You can utilize specific tools to manage tasks, schedules, and progress of the projects such as Trello, Jira, or Asana.

Conflict Resolution: Draw up a strategy to deal with conflict or challenges as they occur.

7. Encourage Teaming and Belief

Those teams are the best ones that work and cooperate with each other. Cultivate a culture or open communications, trust and mutual respect:

Promote idea sharing, concerns and feedback on a team level.

Promote team building activities in order to enhance relationships.

Acknowledge success and reward milestones in order to boost morale.

8. Monitor and Adjust to the Required Extent

In the course of the project, make evaluations of team dynamics and progress regularly:

Monitor Progress: Track the tasks and milestones using the management tools.

Provide Feedback: Give feedback to the team constructively so that the team also hopes to improve and remain on course.

Make Role Adjustments, Where Needed: When a project changes or when a team member is struggling, consider a role adjustment or pulling in other resources.

9. End-of-Project Reflection

When the event is over, remember to have a retrospective meeting, so you reflect on the process:

So what was good?

How would you have done otherwise?

What can be learned to future implementations?

Using the above steps will help you create an effective efficient project team that will deliver well on project objectives and resulting in a positive working environment. Do you want to have some assistance with a certain step towards this process?