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Team Formation

D2

Establish appropriate team structures to facilitate collaboration.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Team Formation at each level of maturity.

2Basic
  • Practice
    Encourage collaboration among teams.
    Outcome
    Collaboration may not be widespread or embedded across teams.
    Metric
    # of initiatives in place to encourage collaboration.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Ensure that there are effective cross-functional teams in place.
    Outcome
    Functional skills are embedded in all teams.
    Metric
    % of teams that are multi-disciplinary.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Put in place cross-functional, collaborative teams who own solutions from concept through to delivery and retirement.
    Outcome
    There is skill development through cross-functional collaboration, which motivates team membership and solution development ownership.
    Metrics
    • % of teams that are multi-disciplinary.
    • Team motivation.
    • Team productivity.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Ensure that cross-functional teams collaborate and interact effectively, when co-located and/or working in different locations and time zones.
    Outcome
    Teams work collaboratively with a market orientation and a focus on delivering value to the customer.
    Metrics
    • % of teams that are multi-disciplinary.
    • Team motivation.
    • Team productivity.