Reasons Why Teams Fail
LO 6.3 Know the reasons why project teams often fail.
Because the challenges involved in creating high-performing project teams are so profound, it is not surprising that project teams fail to perform to their potential in many circumstances. Teams operate at less than optimum performance for a number of reasons, including poorly developed or unclear goals, poorly defined project team roles and interdependencies, lack of project team motivation, poor communication or leadership, turnover among team members, and dysfunctional behavior.7
POORLY DEVELOPED OR UNCLEAR GOALS
One of the most common causes of project team failure is the absence of clear and commonly understood project goals. When the project goals are fragmented, ...
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