Since we are doing project-based organization it is very tough to answer this question. As the teams were made the project managers were given little time to go around and talk to each department and explain their project to them. Also the project managers only learned of the project right before they had to explain it to the departments. So it is hard for anyone besides the project manager to have say in who gets chosen to be part of the project team especially if you were one of the last ones to get chosen. I think it would be beneficially to have both people who you have a better relationship with and also people who are knowledgable in their department. I say this because someone can be so smart in their department but if they do not know how to work with you or with the rest of the team the only benefit they have is finishing their part. But since its a team project it would be nice if everyone can work together and help each other out. For example when my project team had our first team meeting we were able to work on documents together even though it was our departments document but if you have a teammate who does not know how to work well with people then they do not really benefit the entire project. Even though it of course is very important to be knowledgable but it also is as important to be able to work with your teammates and be very open into making new relationships especially since you will be working and interacting with people everyday either in person or over the phone.