| Principles
of management
The principles of team and project management
The principles of effective team and project management are formed over
five different phases. Each phase has its own added value in the overall
project management process. Take a closer look at the five phases of
the reflective cycle of effective project management.
Caproni (2005) calls this the ‘team life cycle’. In fact
it shows a strong resemblance to the personal learning cycle. Going
through the team life cycle effectively indeed requires a learning process
form unaware competency to aware competencies. However, the responsibility
for this learning cycle is now in the hands of the whole group.
1 Forming - in the forming stage, there
is a group, but not a team;
2 Storming - in the storming phase issues
of control are being settled through discussion and dissent - the team
starts to develop;
3 Norming - in the norming stage individual
relationships and norms are being established – consolidating
the team;
4 Performing - in the performing stages
the team reaches maturity and becomes self-directed or self-actualising
- the group has become an effective team;
5 Adjourning - in the adjourning stage
with successful teams the project has been accomplished (or the team
has failed) - the team can be disbanded (the so called mourning team)
or rejuvenated for a new assignment.
Each of these stages create specific challenges to the group and the
individual group members. Effective teams, thus, “promote the
personal growth needs and well-being of team members’ (Caproni,
2005: 343).
Skill Sheets project and team management
The eight Skill Sheets about Team and project management address real-life,
practical questions and problems that you may face in your academic
career. Each Skill Sheet provides you with advice and guidance on a
specific area and gives you tips to improve your team and project management
skills.
The table below tells you which Skill Sheet to go to
for a specific area.
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