Team Work and Project Management

Executive Summary
For a successful business which brings about fruitful results, any
organization needs to have in place effective project
management strategies to be realized.
The implementation of the project management by the teams at
the workplace needs to go hand in hand with team management

to enable smoother movement towards targets, prolong forward

momentum, and help teams to overcome obstacles.

Outline

Team
Stages Of Team Formation
Group Vs. Team
Elements of Teamwork
Why Teamwork
Project Management
Time Distribution Of Project Effort
Manufacturing Sector
Service Sector
The Connection

Team
A group of people working towards a common objective or

goal and shared rewards

Together
Everyone
Accomplishes
More

Stages of Team Formation

Process usually

Purpose is clear

not well

but blurry team

established

relationships

Focus on being

strategic

1.Forming

2.Storming

4.Performing

3.Norming

Optimization of the
team process

Group vs. Team

Group

Team

Focused Leadership

Shared Leadership

Works as an individual

Works as a cohesive unit

Individual Accountability

Group Accountability

Individual Work Products

Collective Work Products

Effectiveness measured by impact on

Effectiveness measured by assessing

results

collective work

Elements of Teamwork
Collaboration
Effective Communication
Conflict Resolution

Different Perspectives taken into Account

Fair Distribution of Roles & Responsibilities

Why Teamwork?
Brings skills and knowledge of people together
Promotes lesser hierarchy
Improves productivity

Helps identify and solve mutual problems

Project Management
What is a project?
Sequence of tasks
Defined outcome and deliverables
Deadline
Budget

What is project management?

Project Management
Who is a project manager?
What is the need for project management?
Deliver project results on time and on budget
Focus the team on the solution
Define the critical path to optimally complete project
Prepare for unexpected issues

Time distribution of Project Effort

Manufacturing Sector
Project conception and initiation

Project selection
Project planning, scheduling, monitoring and control
Project evaluation and termination

Service Sector
Project conception and initiation
Project selection
Project planning, scheduling, monitoring and control

Project evaluation and termination

The Connection
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is
progress. Working together is success-Henry Ford
Two heads together are better than two heads individually
Esprit de corps
The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group
to succeed

The Connection
In a study by Lakhanpal (1993), it was reported how group
cohesiveness, individual capabilities & experience were
related to overall project performance on 31 projects

The study suggests that managers who are concerned about

R&D would be better to assign developers based on their
abilities to contribute to a cohesive team primarily and then

on individual capabilities.
Teamwork and project management skills set the company
apart- A.G. Coombs

Conclusion
Teamwork
Team and Stages of team formation
Group VS Team
Importance of teamwork

Project management
Need for project management
Different phases of project management in different sectors

The connection