Developing a High Performance Project Team

This P.Eng. continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• List at least three prerequisites for a successful large project team development process
• Identify the significant few critical job performance tasks of each project function
• Develop a performance assessment system for team members within a project's matrix organization
• Identify critical shortcomings in the traditional view of the four stages of team development
• Speed the early forming of a large project team
• Reduce the potential of storming on a large project team
• Expand the potential of broader norming on a large project team
• Increase the level of performing on a large project team
• Apply the dynamics of a large parent organization to the project team
• Increase the team member's job satisfaction and on-going project loyalty
• Increase the likelihood project team members will want to work together again on the next project
• Focus on the desired team development outcomes instead of a specific agenda
• Offer suggestions to self-important project team members to get their agreement and cooperation
• Explain the need for a systematic approach to team development
• Explain why the expectation of high performance is not always tied to compensation
• Focus attention on the people who do not work instead of the work people do on a project.
• Plan and lead the development of a large project team
• List the order of employee loyalties on a project team to derive maximum productivity
• Develop the best large project team from the resources available from the course guidelines
• Explain the advantage of focusing more on client expectations than the process of getting there
• Apply the concept of "you cannot do things the way you always have and expect different results" to the development of a large project team
• Explain and apply the value of a systematic process for large project team development
• Explain the rationale for including a project team development specialist for a pending large project
• Plan and implement a strategy to obtain commitment for a project team development strategy from the principals of a large project
• List and implement the eight essentials for a high performance project team
• Define the project team's shared behavioral goals
• Design and implement a process to establish measurable performance goals
• Design and implement performance feedback loops in project work processes
• Design and implement strategies for rewarding high performers for the benefit of the team
• Design and implement various opportunities for the professional and personal growth of the project team members