1.1 Create a High Performance Team

Question 1

Look Beyond CV

Answer 1

technical skills can be built, but work ethic attitude matters.

Question 2

Team Focus

Answer 2

Excellence. adaptability & resilience to prepare them for success.

Question 3

Project team may include

Answer 3

1. Project mgmt practitioners
   (Project Managers
   Team lead or coach).
2. Project sponsor or product owner.
3. Team members, vendors or contractors.
4. Process role (scrum master / release train engineer).
5. Supporting experts - Knowledge - professional or technical.
6. End users or customers
7. Business Partners

Question 4

Give your team right skills

Answer 4

Avoid single point of failure.
upskilling or reskilling.
Project Mgmt Competency model, Coaching, Team member shapes, PMI triangle.
Skill list, Visualized team data, Coaching and training plan, development plans.

Question 5

Tools & Techniques

Answer 5

1.Plan for resources - team members & physical resources.
2. Decomposition - divide and subdivide the project scope, deliverables into smaller, more manageable . include what skill required.
3.R&R: Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) such as RACI along with org chart of project.
4. Shaped skills: T shaped - expert and knowledge in particular field & - represents collaborate with others. M - Shaped - People have more than one specialty offer team flexibility.
pi shaped - both T & M - specialized and general skill offering people.
E shaped - Experience, expertise and exploration - excel at driving and pushing results.
5. Estimate activity resources - Use resource management plan & scope baseline and other relevant project documents to figure out what skills & Knowledge needed for project together with team member.
6. Be Awesome - provide team with authority & resources required for them to do their job.
7. Program Increment planning: F2F collocated to align the team around the work ahead - create the sense of shared responsibility - cohesive and high performing team.
8. Expert Judgement - i should be well versed in organizational and motivational theories. Proven strategies to assemble team.
9. Performance appraisals at early stage in the project to plan for upskilling the team.
10. Visualize team data (Org chart / RACI chart).
11. Lessons learned register (previous experience)

Question 6

Deliverables & Articrafts

Answer 6

1. Resource Mgmt Plan - plan describes how project resources, including team members and resources related to the required skill sets, are built, acquired, allocated, monitored and controlled.
2. Team Organizational Chart - data about individual & shared skill sets.
3. Training - technical & soft skills. think ahead what will be needed for my team.
4. Competence development path - role as PM is to encourage team to develop & grow. create / use development path to give team members needed direction & guidance.

Question 7

Given the conflict

Answer 7

continue and follow their process until new is defined

Question 8

Sharpen & Diversify team skills

Answer 8

Gap Analysis
Paired working
Stand ups - listen
Project mgmt competency model
Aim of creating cross functional teams & individuals.
assessment tools - hierarchy of competence. Self-learning and natural curiosity.

Question 9

Value team members knowledge

Answer 9

Interpersonal skills
Project Charter
knowledge sharing tools (emails, blogs, meeting notes.) servant leadership.
Lessons learned register, coaching or mentoring plan.

Question 10

Result

Answer 10

1. Give your team right skills
2. Review your team’s skills
3. Ensure everyone is included
4. Identify roles & responsibilities
5. Sharpen and diversify team members knowledge
6. Value team members knowledge.