Team Creation Paper

Team Creation Paper

MGT/437

5/27/2013

Robert Sell

Team Creation Paper

When project management is in the initiating process of developing a project, the first thing in mind is the team it will create, once the task is known. Team creation as stated involves the understanding of the task which needs to be completed, therefore gathering the different members that will have the skills necessary to succeed. A team, though, in reality can be created in the simplest of tasks such as painting a room, moving furniture, and even developing new ideas. In today’s business society teams are an essential part of work due to the fact that it minimizes the workload of all the employees into equal parts.

Teams can be created in order to be used such as temporary or long term solutions for projects. The first thing in mind is to know how each team member will be selected for the set project. Secondly project management in order to know which team member will be selected they must have a set of team-building strategies. On top of having good team-building strategies project managers must realize that there could be potential areas of conflict within a team, so they must be aware of techniques for being able to reduce conflict, as well as conflict resolution techniques.

How project team members are selected

A project manager in order to decide which team members to select they must understand the project needs. Once project management knows the needs of the project they can go ahead and create a pool of potential candidates to interview. Once the interviews have been completed project management must break down the different needs of the project into specialty areas where each individual will excel as well as give the most benefit to the team. According to NetPlaces (2012) “The right team members: are reliable, trustworthy, available, flexible, have something to contribute, make an effort to get along with other team members, and abide by the rules and parameters of the project.” Therefore knowing the specialty areas of needs is like the second interview without any interview because the project manager will be able to allocate the skills of the members based on the needs. The most effective trait of selecting team members is to know if that individual can work well with others, on top of being knowledgeable about the position they are inquiring about. Once a project manager is aware of all necessities and has finished all interviews the best way to go ahead and choose the team is by knowing which individuals would succeed the most and bring the most into the project with their determination, drive, and current