Assignment

Essay Questions (75 words per answer)

1. What steps should project managers take in order to ensure that the work of the project team is distributed equally among the members of the team? What can team members do to support the project manager in this effort?

2. Is conflict within a project team always a negative, or are there some forms of conflict that are desirable? To what degree should project managers encourage or discourage it?

3. Does management experience play a role in the development of leadership capabilities, or are leadership capabilities not affected by management experience? Explain your answer.

4. The punctuated equilibrium model suggests that teams eventually gel and begin to perform once time constraints become a pressing concern. In your experience, does this model reflect actual team development and performance, or does the five-stage model of team development offer a more realistic approach?

5. Project teams are said to progress through a number of stages as they mature together and eventually perform the work of the project. Do the stages of team development always apply to project teams? What would happen, in your view, if a team failed to progress through all stages?

Course Textbook

into, J. K. (2016). Project management: Achieving competitive advantage (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.