TABLE OF CONTENTS | Note | Project teams are both traditional and non-traditional |
Alternative teams are becoming commonplace as a means to deal with the cross-functional and cross-organizational initiatives that enable the enterprise to deal with change.
The main focus of this Handbook has been to deal with the traditional project teams. In this section paradigm will be presented that describes the general usage to which non-traditional teams can be put, as well as the areas of organizational effort in which these teams are used.
A traditional project team is one in which custom and usage has been demonstrated in the past, primarily from the construction and defense industries. These teams can be described in the following way:
A substantial body of knowledge exists which describes why and how such teams can be utilized.
Typically these project teams involve the design, development, and construction (production) of physical entities for the enterprise.
A traditional life cycle is found in these projects.
Substantial financial, human, and other resources have to be marshaled for the conduct of these projects.
Construction projects are the best example of these traditional projects.
The use of these teams has evolved from an early beginning throughout history, even though the theory of principles and processes were developed early in the 1950s.
When people think of a team there has been a tendency to think only of project teams. But that perception is changing.
A non-traditional...
