Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Characteristics of Effective Project Teams

1. LO 6.2 Know the characteristics of effective project teams and why teams fail.

A great deal of research has investigated the qualities that effective teams possess and how those same qualities are missing from less effective groups. Successful teams share common underlying features, including a clear sense of mission, an understanding of team interdependencies, cohesiveness, a high level of trust, a shared sense of enthusiasm, and a results orientation.

A CLEAR SENSE OF MISSION

A key determinant of project success is a clear project mission.3 Furthermore, that sense of mission must be mutually understood and accepted by all team members. Research has demonstrated that a clearly understood project mission ...