Teams are the preferred method for achieving superior project performance. The key to successful projects is developing high performance teams.
While no team ever starts out intending to be mediocre or even a poor performing team, the track record on both internal and external projects shows that developing high performance project teams doesn't just happen. It is the direct result of a proactive, conscious effort of team development.
Work Systems Affiliates has developed a High Performance Project Team (HPPT) technology which provides a framework for team development. It accelerates the Forming, Storming, Norming process and gets a team to Performing quicker than if left on their own.
Types of Teams We Work With
Our focus is primarily with three types of teams:
- Sponsorship Team: Those people responsible for setting the overall project expectations
- Leadership or Project Team: Those people directly responsible for achieving the project performance objectives
- Task Team: Those people responsible for executing the work and delivering on expectations
Team Chartering: Building High Performance Teams
Work Systems Affiliates helps organizations build High Performance Teams through a Chartering Process. We help achieve clarity for a project team, which greatly increases the probability that the team will be successful.
What is Team Chartering?
Chartering is not a “soft” or “feel good” exercise. It is a disciplined and specific process that builds strong, integrated teams. The main goal of Chartering is to achieve clarity for a project team - about its purpose and its actions.
It helps teams answer the following questions:
- Why should we work together?
- How will we know we are successful?
- What are the limits of our authority?
- What are our roles?
- How will we execute our work and function as a team?
- What will our relationships with one another be like?
How does Team Chartering Help a Project Team?
The process helps the project team to:
- Define its purpose
- Set goals and measures
- Identify critical success factors
- Assign roles and responsibilities
- Develop the operating guidelines essential for success