Team performance assessments
“Team Performance Assessments” is an output for the process “Develop project team”.
As project team development efforts such as training, team building, and colocation are implemented, the project management team makes formal or informal assessments of the project team?s effectiveness. Effective team development strategies and activities are expected to increase the team?s performance, which increases the likelihood of meeting project objectives. Team performance assessment criteria should be determined by all appropriate parties and incorporated in the Develop Project Team inputs.
The performance of a successful team is measured in terms of technical success according to agreed-upon project objectives (including quality levels), performance on project schedule (finished on time), and performance on budget (finished within financial constraints). High-performance teams are characterized by these task-oriented and results-oriented outcomes.
The evaluation of a team?s effectiveness may include indicators such as:
– Improvements in skills that allow individuals to perform assignments more effectively,
– Improvements in competencies that help the team perform better as a team,
– Reduced staff turnover rate, and – Increased team cohesiveness where team members share information and experiences openly and help each other to improve the overall project performance.
As a result of conducting an evaluation of the team?s overall performance, the project management team can identify the specific training, coaching, mentoring, assistance, or changes required to improve the team?s performance. This should also include identification of the appropriate or required resources necessary to achieve and implement the improvements identified in the assessment. These resources and recommendations for team improvement should be well documented and forwarded to the relevant parties.
“Team Performance Assessments” is an input for the process “Manage project team”.
The project management team makes ongoing formal or informal assessments of the project team?s performance. By continually assessing the project team?s performance, actions can be taken to resolve issues, modify communication, address conflict, and improve team interaction.
This definition was found in the PMBOK V5
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