I think it all comes down to communication and accountability. The team should have some sort of idea what the others are working on. Another thing of the key characteristics of an effective project team is that the team members have the talent, knowledge and familiarity necessary to accomplish the undertakings assigned to them.
Also, networking or communications: effective project team members know how to express themselves in a way that gets their point across without offending others. They also know how to effectively listen when others are expressing thoughts, opinions and ideas. Also, creative thinkers are especially helpful during the project.Finally, members of an effective project team should have positive influence over their peers.

I believe the skills necessary for an ideal properly functioning project team are: communication, good leadership, and knowledge of the problem. Everyone in this thread has already gone into great details about these skills, so I want to talk about how the team needs to be able to respect and understand each other as well. Respect isn’t a technical skill but is very important in a team. Without it the team can’t be transparent with each other and members will only try to gain something out of the project for themselves to look better and for the team. Everyone in the team could be from different backgrounds with different experiences so they all might have different opinions and ideas to bring to the table on how to tackle the project. However, if there is no respect members will not properly communication and look at the ideas proposed and the project will either never be completed or will be but could have done better if all ideas proposed were looked at equally. So yes, skills like technical knowledge and leadership are important, but understanding and respecting each member’s ideas and thoughts is just as important to a team.

Hello everyone,
I guess everyone in this thread has already talked a lot about the skills and the kind of team they require for their team. Still in my point of view, to have a perfect team, I will need people who will first plan out a strategy before the project starts then they come up with proper tactics that will help the team to solve them then to plan out proper demands , time management and cost required for the project and that's suitable for both the industry as well as the success of the project. Obviously, it is not a single person's duty. For this to be successful we need team members who are good at time management, problem-solving skills, have a good understanding of the research. We also need people who have good communication skills so that they can sell the product to the market. I know that if you have the knowledge you can win everything but my point of view is that what you will do if you have knowledge but not a proper team.

When it comes to picking the ideal skills for my project team I would first have to say that it depends on what type of project we are being asked to complete. Every project will require different knowledge of technical skills that all group members will need to possess. So if I were conducting a project in the biomedical field where we have to device a knew spinal implant I would first require that all my members have some knowledge of the spine and the medical field. I do not need them to be masters of experts but background knowledge is important to keep the group moving. Next, comes the ideal interpersonal skills. From the 5 interpersonal skills that professor had gone over I believe that social skills and motivation are the most important. No one wants to do a project with someone who could care less about the project. Individuals who do not care about the project will push the project along even though it needs more work because they do not care about the results and just want to get a finished project handed in. This will lead to poor results and can make your whole team look bad. Also, being motivated will lead to an individual who will go out of their way to learn more about the project, which will lead to better results. Also, a motivated person will help the entire group and will encourage the group to do better. Social skills are extremely important as it allows you to convey your ideas effectively to your group members without missing the point or diverging attention. In addition, working with someone who is social will make the entire experience better and will prompt members to spend more time with each other working on the project rather than wanting to get away from each other. Also, having members who communicate will allow more ideas to be shared and will lead to a better brainstorming session, that can lead to better results. All group members, should not be from the same field, as this allows different ideas to be created as everyone is not thinking with the same like mind. In a group you also need one individual to be a group coordinator so that they can keep meetings going and they can allocate jobs and tasks without long debates among the group members.

I agree with your ideal skills, having a team that varies in their experience and background, works well together, and has a passion and drive in their efforts as a valuable team member. Reliability, involvement, determination, and the ability to self manage are individual qualities that each member needs to have. Social skills plays a very important role in how someone cross-functionally communicates with the correct amount of respect, preparation, and effort, keeping politics to the minimum. A good team isn't just one that gets along, but one that isn't afraid to challenge one another or ask questions, with the idea of continuous improvement of themselves and the company. In my experience in the industry, I have seen what was thought to be a simple question result in the implementation of a new software development that led to month long conversations, budget and schedule changes, and an increase in the product's quality. I agree that effective communication is what separates a proficient project team from a renowned project team. And quite frankly, it is incredibly fascinating to be a part of a project team that consists of members from different disciplines who work hard and passionately, work well together, and challenge one another to innovate.

I agree with the baseline points that everyone has made that a good team compromises of individuals with good communication, are hard working and have a knowledge of the problem. These are some qualities that you would find in any good project team. As a project manager a common trait that I would look in all of my team members is reliability.
Why is think this is the most important is because we all inherently value reliability.
Every day we value:
1. Reliable cars that save time and money on repairs.
2. Reliable mail that gets delivered on time.
3. Reliable investments that deliver expected returns.
4. Reliable cell phone service to stay connected.
5. Reliable vendors who show up on time.
6. Reliable restaurants that serve quality food and give good service.

Having a team with this quality will ensure that any work assigned to a particular team member would give me consistent results and be completed in that allotted time period.
This can only be achieved if the leader of the team in turn shows reliability, delivers, and; takes forward his team and meets their expectations. This causes a ripple effect of inspiring the formation of a reliable team that create reliable services and products that generate reliable business results that produce reliable growth and profits.

What do you think is the most important trait a project team cumulatively needs to have?

As a graduating senior in the BME department, I am currently working on my senior project with a group of my fellow students. Throughout the fall semester I was able to realize the qualities I prefer when picking the ideal project team. I believe the ideal project team is a group of individuals who are extremely dedicated to the project, each team member has a different set of skills, leadership, problem solving, and most importantly, COMMUNICATION. During the duration of my senior project, I had a group member who prioritized everything over our project and our advisor acknowledged the fact that we had a huge issue with our communication because decisions were made without group approval which caused a lot of arguments and setbacks. A project is only successful when the team is able to work together efficiently.

I agree that a project team focuses on great communication, are dedicated and have knowledge of the issue. On the off chance if I had to pick a team I would search for the characteristics with a team of Excellent Communicators, people in all levels of the association comes from a wide range of different backgrounds. Accordingly, the team must be able to successfully communicate with each other, relying on data in a way they can identify with. Poor communication can change the deciding moment the achievement of a project, so this is important. The second trait I would look for a Highly organized team as Mass confusion and project achievement don't mix.  All the team members must be to a great degree sorted out, so they know precisely what is new with each progression of the project consistently. Members must know how to use accessible tools and systems to remain sorted out, even when under huge pressure.

The most important thing for me in a group aspect is the ability of the team to communicate and work together. A team that is less talented but able to work together well will normally surpass the team that is individually talented but in capable of working together. This whole project management ideal is be efficient and effective and this is only a possibility when the team is able to work together. 5 people working separately on the same project will face a great deal of push back from inability to agree on decisions and end up with 5 semi completed projects rather than one perfected project.

According to me I would choose an ideal team according to few skills such as communication because I think it one of the most important skills that requires in the team members. Communication can make or break the success of a project, so I think this is essential. Second, organization is another important skill required since it will be known what exactly is going on with each step in the project every time. Thirdly, coordination is needed in a team as all the team members should know the responsibility of their roles and should coordinate with their project managers.

When it comes to an ideal project team, I believe the project manager must choose the project and its team members wisely. In order to have a successful project, it requires a sponsor, whose project the team is going to be dealing with, then knowledgeable team who has experience in the field with outside knowledge which will benefit the team, also team that is dedicated to working properly with time management, communication, and problem-solving.

I believe there are three fundamental criteria undeniably important when it comes to picking out project team member. Those criteria are communication, compatibility and expertise. I hold communication to be the highest in term of importance out of these three categories. It doesn't matter how well informed and educated the member of the team are, as long as they aren't able to present their idea across the success of the project will suffer tremendously. Various area of expertise is always very important as it provides the team with different approaches to solving a particular question. Compatibility, even though it has to do more with social and emotional intelligence, is still quite valuable for the survival and success of a team. A compatible team allows for its members to have a fluidity in reasoning and an ease to communicate with each other. However, compatibility doesn't necessarily equate with complacency, which is what usually happens when team member have known and worked together for so long and chose so to work again in another project even though their combine effort might not entirely benefit the project.

Ideal project team support one another and provide the ideas and action required to follow a project through to completion. Building a team who can successfully collaborate is not without challenges, it is not enough to put a group of people together, call them a team, and hope for the best, the team need to cultivate the right skills and habits to support collaboration. Great teams are characterized by some common habits: 1- Clear Goals  2- Psychological Safety  3- Roles and Responsibility  4- Strong Leadership  5- Communication  6- Team Emotional Intelligence     7- Process and Templates. 

An ideal project team should have a project manager with a strong leadership. The team should possess common goals and objectives and require good communication skills. The next thing is about the technical skills that must be present with all the members. The team should be hardworking, dedicated and be able to work together. The team’s decision making is effective when the team is aware and uses many methods to arrive at decisions. The team members should volunteer information willingly rather than force someone to drag it out of them. The most characteristic outcome of an ideal team is valued diversity i.e. the team members are valued for the unique contributions that they bring to the team.

@jvv6
What skills would you mainly prefer if you had to build a project team.
A team having the set of technical expertise for the project at hand is a must.
However, I think a few added skills that would be very useful from the project management perspective are the following:
The capability to give good estimate for time required to complete tasks.
A good sense of estimating the kind of resources both human and equipment that may be required.
A good capability to make trade off between deliverable size and schedule in a flexible manner.
A good capability to convey progress to stakeholders in a ways that minimize stress on team members
A good capability to identify how non technical task can attenuate the productivity of the team.
Lastly, I think a kind of  military "general" capacity to motivate the  troops too would be of some value.