High Performance Teams and Project Goals

Using course resources and individual research, students will write a plan for creating a high performance team to address a specified case study or scenario chosen by or approved by the mentor. The paper will include a team charter, an analysis of the skills and knowledge needed on the team, a communication plan for internal team communication and an analysis of the roles and leadership the project manager would provide on this project. The analysis paper must use at least 5 professional or academic sources with APA format citations and reference list. Students may propose an alternative project of their own design that shows attainment of the corresponding course outcome. The mentor must approve the alternative project.

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The paper is a plan for a high-performing team in developing a website for online ordering of goods. The plan reflects on the goals of the project and the knowledge and skills needed to attain those goals.  The plan also includes roles and leadership that need to be fulfilled by the project manager. To promote high performance in the team, a collaboration of the team members needs to be achieved. The team requires a wide range of skills, and hence members are pulled from different disciplines. Having diverse teamwork toward a common purpose promotes a high level of success. Equally, it increases the ease of collaboration since members also have a different level of expertise in the skills that are needed to achieve the common purpose. Another element of the plan is a communication plan…

 

 

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