Select, Evaluate, and Fund Cross-functional Teams

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives


Overview/Description
Critical steps in organizing a cross-functional team project are creating the project plan, and selecting, evaluating and funding the team. This course will show you what information should go into the project plan, how to select and evaluate team members, and how to determine the funding requirements for the team.

Target Audience
Team leaders, project managers, supervisors and managers.

Expected Duration
3.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Selecting the Team

  • recognize the value of recruiting the right people for a cross functional team to attain project goals.
  • describe the importance of using a project statement to focus the project.
  • recognize the key factors for establishing timelines.
  • identify the desirable traits to consider when recruiting team members.
  • Evaluating the Team

  • recognize the value of two-way assessments to determine how well the team is functioning.
  • describe the criteria that determines the degree of formality in team functioning.
  • identify the issues to consider when evaluating individual team members.
  • identify the issues that must be considered while conducting a two-way evaluation of team performance.
  • Funding the Team

  • recognize the value of specifying cross functional budgetary requirements to avoid failure in project implementation.
  • identify issues to consider when defining team resources.
  • identify the cross-functional budget considerations that impact project planning.
  • Course Number: TEAM0122