W13_Hilal_ Tuckman Model for Team Development

Problem Definition

Although we are at the end of PMP course, it is interesting to use Bruce Tuckman Model to assess the project implantation team. The team now is under a lot of improvements, so it is important to know the leadership style required to manage the team.

Table 1: PI team score results

Table 1 shows that the team now at the stage of performing. The team now at performing stage where rank does not matter and trust and flexibility among team members are established. Also, we expect to see at this stage a high level of creativity and attachment to the team and proper utilization of team resource to achieve the common objectives. However, there is a small difference between norming and performing stages

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Feasible Alternatives

The leadership style at this stage is critical because keeping the team together while achieving the objective is really important. Therefore the suggested leadership styles are:

-          Democratic

-          Laissez-Fiare

Outcomes from Alternatives

-          Democratic: the individual inputs are required in decision making but the leader reserves the right to make a final decision. The manager will provide guidance to his/her team members.

-          Laissez-Fiare: the manager merely provides consultation and feedback. The team members will do the decision making and determine their tasks to achieve the goal.

Acceptance Criteria

Table 2: Acceptance Criteria

According to Tuckman’s Model, these are the acceptable attributes for leadership for a team in performing stage

Alternative Outcomes vs Acceptance Criteria

Table 3: Comparison of Alternative Outcomes against Acceptance Criteria from Table 2

According to the table above, democratic will be ranked first and Laissez-Fiare will be ranked second.

Best Alternative

Running compensatory approach models in order to analyze leadership style with different attributes. The results are shown the table below

Table 4: Dimensionless scoring model

Table 5: Compensatory Model results for Feasible Alternatives

Although the above analysis we see that the democratic leadership style is the best alternative, we sometimes use the combination of both depending on the situation.

Tracking/ Reporting Plan

This is going to be communicated to the project implantation director and see how we can plan how to move forward. This will be monitored periodically through the performance and feedback of the team. This assessment will be conducted again and see the survey the results.

References

Barkema, E. & Moran, J. (2013). Scoring the Tuckman Team Maturity Questionnaire Electronically. Retrieved from (http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Documents/Electronic_Tuckman.pdf)

Okpalad.(2015). Most Effective Leadership and Management Styles and Approaches. Retrieved from https://okpalad.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/most-effective-leadership-and-management-styles-and-approaches/

Guild of Project Controls. 2015. Tuckman Model – Guild of project controls compendium and reference (CaR) | Project Controls – planning, scheduling, cost management and forensic analysis (Planning Planet). Retrieved from http://www.planningplanet.com/guild/gpccar/developing-management-competencies