Business Question-3-4-assignment-integrative-project-team-development

PROJ-640: Talent Management

Getting Started

Throughout this course, you will have the opportunity to apply project management concepts to your Integrative Project (selected in PROJ-610). In this workshop, you will build upon your resource management plan by adding team development tools and techniques and a team performance assessment template and guidelines.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

• Construct a plan for team development.
• Distinguish between types of work teams.
• Create a team performance assessment to gauge effectiveness and cohesiveness.

Resources

• Textbook: PMP Exam Prep
• Video: Creating an Innovative Team – Leadership Training
• Video: How to Get Things Done in Project Management
• Video: What Is Cross-Functional Team? What Does Cross-Functional Team Mean?
  • [Note: The inclusion of publicly accessible video links in your courses and program should be considered neither a recommendation nor an endorsement of any products or services mentioned within them.]

Background Information

Now that you have a solid understanding of team development concepts, you will build upon your resource management plan for your integrative project assignment. You will start by outlining three tools and techniques you will use for developing your team. Then, you will describe your ideal team type and composition. Finally, you will create a team performance assessment template and process to use for your project. Be sure to explain how each of these aspects of your resource management plan will increase team cohesiveness and effectiveness and gauge team performance.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Review the following resources, as needed:
   1. PMP Exam Prep, Chapter 9: Resources, “Develop Team”
   2. Agile Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to Using an Agile Approach, Chapter 7: High Performing Teams
      1. Creating an Innovative Team – Leadership Training (3:30 min) and/or read the Creating an Innovative Team – Leadership Training Transcript (HTML)
      2. How to Get Things Done in Project Management (4:09 min) and/or read the How to Get Things Done in Project Management Transcript (HTML)
      3. What Is Cross-Functional Team? What Does Cross-Functional Team Mean? (2:59 min) and/or read the What Is Cross-Functional Team? What Does Cross-Functional Team Mean? Transcript (HTML)
3. In this assignment you will build upon the Resource Management Plan you started in Workshop Two.
   1. Select three team development tools and techniques you plan to use to develop your team. Briefly describe how you will implement each tool and technique and explain how your process will enhance team cohesiveness and effectiveness.
   2. Describe your team type and composition.
   3. Create a team performance assessment template and process to use for your project. How will you measure team performance and gauge success?
   4. Provide a brief introduction to the new plan components to explain how they will enhance team cohesiveness and performance.
   5. Note: You may submit Workshop Two resource management plan components if you have made revisions and would like to request additional feedback, but you are not required to resubmit these components at this time.
4. Your submission should be a minimum of 350 words.
5. All references and citations should be in APA format.
6. For information on how to cite sources and format a paper properly, review the Academic Writer website or the OCLS APA Style Page.
7. You may also review the OCLS Evaluating Sources Page to see the criteria for credible Internet research websites.
8. When you’ve completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor by the end of the workshop using the quick link or the Activities button.