The document outlines the fundamentals of team management, focusing on the four stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, and performing. It emphasizes the relationship between effort and effectiveness during these stages and provides actionable steps to build an effective team, such as defining roles, setting goals, and enhancing communication. Additionally, it highlights the importance of team structure, management styles, and diversity in fostering high performance.

1. Management Fundamentals:
Building A Team
Project Management Consulting
Yossi Barezer
May 2016

2. AGENDA
What is A Team
The 4 Stages of Team Building
 Forming
 Storming
 Norming
 Performing
The 4 Stages vs. Effort vs. Effectiveness
Steps to Develop an Effective Team
Team Structure
 Management Style
 Team Diversity

3. Part Two

4. The 4 Stages vs. Effort vs. Effectiveness
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Forming Storming Norming Performing Stage
Effectiveness
Effort

5. Stage Effort Effectiveness
Forming Highest Lowest
Storming High Medium
Norming Medium High
Performing Lowest Highest
The 4 Stages vs. Effort vs. Effectiveness

6. • At the beginning, there is a need to invest a lot
of effort while the team outcome is relatively
low.
• Once the team passes the storming stage, the
effort to build and stabilize the team is
reduced while the effectiveness continues to
grow
• When the team reaches the performing stage
(the highest performance phase of the team),
it is only required to lead and monitor the
team
The 4 Stages vs. Effort vs. Effectiveness

7. Steps to Develop an Effective Team

8. 1. Clearly define the mission of the team
2. Define the specific R & R (role and
responsibility) of each member
3. Provide tasks to the individuals, direct
managers and team leaders
4. Set the expectation to each member in the
team
Steps to Develop an Effective Team

9. 5. Provide short term goals – 1 week to 1
quarter
6. Provide long term goals – more than a
quarter
7. Elaborate the communication and tracking
methods
Steps to Develop an Effective Team

10. 8. Share periodic guidelines and status
1. Weekly or Bi-weekly
• Preferred F2F with each member
2. Weekly report to/from the entire group
• Progress, major changes, obstacles, future event…
9. Create end to end infrastructure that will
support the team’s needs
10. Set joined activities such as group events,
team lunches
Steps to Develop an Effective Team

11. Team Structure

12. On going monitor and guide Independent team
Guidance Need constant management
and leadership
Self-organized
Project Life Cycle Waterfall AGILE & Scrum
Level of
intervene
Micro management Minimum input and direction
Nature of task Long term task Close ended task
Location Off-shore project, separated
team
Useful when the manager is not
available for on-going direction
Advantage Factory, production, tracking Good for development, fast pace
resolution
Decision making The manager has the authority
to make decision
The team has authority to make
decision
Management Style
• When the team is formed, as a manager you
need to define the team objective
• Then select management style

13. • Have individuals from different backgrounds,
skills and experience
• This will allow different thoughts, methods
and ideas
• This can be the ‘edge’ of the team
Team Diversity

14. Thank You

15. Links to Previous Lectures
 Management Fundamentals: Team - Lecture 4, Part 1
 Management Fundamentals: Communication - Lecture 3
 Management Fundamentals: The Iceberg Model - Lecture 2
 Managements Fundamentals: Introduction - Lecture 1