Exam 11: Managing Project Teams

The first step in facilitating group decision making is to

Every project has the same potential to evolve into a high-performance team.

Team meetings,co-location of team members,team names,and team rituals are common vehicles when establishing a team _________.

The first project meeting is critical to the early functioning of the project team.Which of the following is NOT true regarding this meeting?

________ occurs when the whole is less than the sum of its parts.

Most project managers advocate the use of group rewards rather than individual rewards.

The use of 6:30A.M.The meetings continued for about two weeks until the project got back on schedule.At that time the project manager announced that the next meeting was canceled,and no further sunrise meetings were ever scheduled.A.M.meetings to get a project back on schedule is an example of ______ reinforcement to motivate project performance. Project managers do not have direct authority over many key people,especially the contractors from the other companies.They do,however,have the freedom to convene meetings at their convenience.A project manager instituted daily "coordination meetings," which were required of all the principals involved,at 6:30

A project vision is an image a project team holds about how the project will look upon completion,how they will work together,and how customers will accept the project.It is important that everyone have the same vision.

A project team gets things done without having to go through normal protocols of the parent organization.This is an example of _____________.

What is positive and negative synergy? Give an example of each in regard to project management.

Two of the biggest challenges involved in managing a virtual project team are developing trust and effective patterns of communication.

One important factor that a project manager must acknowledge when recruiting project members is the management structure being used to complete the project.

The project manager must quickly establish operational ground rules for how the team will work together.These include planning,tracking,managing change,and relationship decisions.Which of the following is an example of a planning decision?

The first team meeting sets the tone for how the team will work together.

Which of the following is commonly associated with high-performing project teams?

When a project manager intervenes and tries to negotiate a resolution by using reasoning and persuasion and suggesting alternatives,he or she is ___________ the conflict.

The essence of positive synergy can be found in the phrase

When reaching a decision during the group decision-making process,the project manager must build a consensus among the group and can do this by all of the following EXCEPT

During which stage of team development do close relationships develop and the group demonstrates cohesiveness?

Project managers should encourage ___________ conflict.