One of the biggest disadvantages to a project team is that the people within the team can cause a poor culture to form within the group. More importantly, as stated in the notes, projects run well after the team adjusts. The better everyone within the group gets along, the quicker progress can be made on the project. This can be due to a variety of factors such as learning the strengths and weaknesses of other members on the project.

I agree with you, choosing the right team member for a project is a big factor in the success. In my past job, we used to work in a group called Solution team in general. Some of us were more focused on hardware and software. Part of the project planning is to choose the right team member related to the project. we had 8 decision point for each project. I don't recall which one was for choosing the team members but I believe it was the 4th step. I've seen a lot of projects turned down because of the wrong formation of team due to lack of knowledge or wrong approach

I agree that choosing the right project team is a very important part of the project initiation phase. However, in almost any team, there will probably be a few team members who do not get along very well. From my experience I have found that the best way to handle situations like this is to get to know your team members on more of a personal level. For example, go out to lunch together and talk about things that are not related to work. This tends to produce a more friendly team atmosphere, and boosts the morale of the entire team. It is important for each team member to strive to form a cohesive team, as that in itself will enhance the efficiency of the project execution.

It is very important to pick team members wisely. Depending on the types of projects your team covers, it's ideal to pick people who have qualities that your team may be lacking in and/or in need of. Also, having people with good interpersonal skills is a big factor to consider because these are the people you need to be in constant contact with working on projects. Another factor to look for are organizational skills as this is needed in the work place to keep project tasks in check and just in general is a good quality to have in daily life.

Picking the right members of a project team is very important in many ways. Obviously you want people with the proper technical knowledge depending on their department (engineering, marketing, etc.) but also people that are compatible with each other and can work off each other. What I mean is creating a respectable and efficient team, with respect amongst your team members there is no behind the scene drama where members dislike each other and aren't performing as efficiently as they should causing hindrance to the project. Being able to understand everyone's strengths and weaknesses is only important so that the team members can work around everyone's limitations. Choosing the right project team members can have great consequence on how well and efficient a project will run.

I also agree that the culture of the group is very important. It can get off to a rough start if the initial team is not very compatible . This is especially true when the project is ongoing or will be a permanent part of the company. I also think that picking a team that works well together is especially essential to making sure all the different personalities do not interfere with everyone individual ability to work. Having a team where everyone one can have a specific thing that they are good at and be enabled can be good is the team leader can recognize and advocate properly.

I agree with the sentiments above in regards to picking project teams. Overall it is important to take a look not only at the team from a technical standpoint but from an interpersonal standpoint as well. If a team cannot seem to mesh well in terms of their personalities, it is rather difficult to progress a project to its end goal.
If there is an issue with the internal team it could severely hinder the project and the solution may not always be as simple as replacing the individuals that are causing tension. Clearly when picking out a project team you aim to ensure that situations like that do not occur but there still is the possibility of that happening. What are some possible ways a project manager can ease tension that in a group?

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I agree with the importance of choosing a project team. Sometimes there are situation in which we have to choose a person due to internal pressure. It can be from your manager or upper manager. As it was mentioned by srg36 , you have to know your team member personally. I don't agree with that.There are situation in which it can lead to a great cultural and moral difficulty within the team members . If you are selected for a project ,every team member should have a feeling that it is hisher duty to finish the project on time and to bring the 100 % for your performance to it.

I agree with everything said so far. This is more an example of where having an interpersonal "beef" with another employee caused a long delay in the production at the company I currently work for. There was an issue with production that most likely could have been solved in about 2 weeks if it was managed by the head of manufacturing, however the general manager took over the problem (who isn't extremely familiar with the science behind the error) and formed a group to fix the problem with the wrong personnel. They didn't pick anyone from the manufacturing team because of a personal problem between a few employees apparently. The plan they put into place was faulty at best and needed to be fixed. If they choose a good group to begin with, this could have saved time and money and avoided all of the headache. I'm not actually sure what happened with the employees in the situation but they all still work here (not my department but I work closely with manufacturing, hence why I heard this story).

It is extremely important to pick the right team for a project. It turns out to be difficult when people work remotely or not at all. Project collaboration quite often has positive effects on communication, even in situations where representatives experience considerable difficulties in working together. Working with right team brings about achieving the objective rapidly. As employees team up with each other, they become acquainted with each other better, as well as pick up a better understanding of each other's style of work, which spares time and energy in the long run.

In order to initiate a big project, starting base level of that project should be a perfect team which plays a crucial role. For a perfect team, needs a perfect manager (leader). Team is like pyramid of project. If the project is half way towards completion and if the a particular team member gets back out, then either project is gets back out or replacement is needed or else start working for the project without that team member which gets a create massive problem. Good team makes job easier and consume less as well

I believe that teamwork in the workplace is an important factor for project success. Teamwork is important because it creates human synergy. It amplifies the results of each member of your team such that the overall result is greater than the individual contributions made by each member.
Clearly defining and communicating project's vision and objectives to all project members is important for overall coordination of the project team by making sure everyone is moving in the same direction.
For setting expectations among all of the project stakeholders, all project members should understand what their role is and what their responsibilities are.
Creating a project environment where problem-solving and decision-making are done in a collaborative and participative manner for empowering the team and encouraging active involvement in the project.
Creating an environment of trust by modeling the behavior you desire from your team by communicating openly, supporting approaches, and respecting others. This shows the team that you trust them and encouraging mutual trust among each other.

It is very important to pick the right members for a project because they must be able to fulfill their task in order to complete the project. The members chosen must be reliable and have friendly communication skills because the project cannot be completed if one is not handing the require documents on time or if one is having problems. It is a team project not an individual project, everyone must be able to work together to finish project. However, just handing the require documents is not enough. The members chosen must be able to understand what the project is, must be interested in the project, and must be an expert in their job because these are usually reasons why some project run in to problems. This is why choosing member are very important.

Having the right people in the right place in the project would absolutely make the project manager life easier and would make the project flow smoother and would ensure the project success.
Choosing the proper team member doesn't necessary means having people with great resumes only, it also focuses on having all the skills a project manager would need in the project.
On the other hand, choosing the wrong team members can cause project failure even at an early stage. From my experience with different groups, I do agree that picking a good project team members for a project is really important and would really affect everyone else in the project. This includes affecting the project work environment and the workflow as well as the outcomes.

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