Managing Project Teams Outsourcing

Managing Project Teams Outsourcing

I. The following activities are based on a recently completed group project that you have been involved in. This project may have been a student project, a work project, or an extracurricular project. a. Analyze the development of the team in terms of the five-phase model and the punctuated equilibrium model. Which model does the best job of de-scribing how the team evolved? b. Analyze the group in terms of the nine situational factors that influence team development. What factors positively contributed to group perfor-mance? What factors negatively contributed to group performance? How did the group try to overcome the negative factors? What could you have done differently to overcome these negative factors? c. Analyze how effectively the group managed meetings What did the group do well! What didn't the group do well? If the group were formed again, what specific recommendations would you make about how the group should manage meetings? 2. Assume that you have the following decision-making options: (1) make the de-cision on your own with available information, (2) consult others before mak-ing a decision, and (3) call a meeting and reach a consensus seeking to arrive at a final decision everyone can agree on. Which approach would you use to make each of the following decisions and why? a. You are the project leader for Casino Night on campus, a charitable event organized by your group to raise money for the homeless The event was a big SUCCC53, garnering a net profit of $3300. Before the event your team researched nearby organizations that support the homeless and to whom the money could be given. You narrowed the choices to the "Chunk of Coal House" and "St. Mary's Soup Kitchen." Eventually your group de-cided that the funds be given to Chunk of Coal. You are about to write a check to its director when you read in the local newspaper that the Chunk of Coal House has terminated operations What should you do with the money? b. You are a golf course designer hired by Trysting Tree Golf Club to renovate their golf course You have worked closely with the board of directors of the club to develop a new layout that is both challenging and aesthetically pleas-ing. Everyone is excited about the changes. The project is nearly 75 percent complete when you encounter problems on the 13th hole. The 13th hole at Trysting Tree is a 125-yard par three in which golfers have to hit their tee shots over a lake to a modulated green. During the construction of the new tee box, workers discovered that an underground spring runs beneath the box to the lake. You inspected the site and agreed with the construction su-pervisor that this could create serious problems, especially during the rainy winter months. After sun'eying the area, you believe the only viable option would be to extend the hole to 170 yards and create elevated tees on the ad-jacent hillside