Team Assessment

Dennis Stevenson

July 15, 2008

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Who is on the team?  How does it function?  What is it doing?  How is it doing? 

Start off by thinking about your team context. 

I have 5 questions with possible answers.  Pick the answer that most closely resembles the character or activity of your team.

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1.  Do you set goals that affect the entire team - Does the entire team have to participate to meet the goals?

• Yes!  A majority of the time goals require participation from the entire team:  5 Points

• Sort of.  Some times the team's goals require participation from the entire team:  2 Points

• No.  Goals are always for individuals. 0 Points

Score:______

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Score:______

2.  What percent of the team can fail in their individual activities before the entire team is considered to fail?

• Almost none.  Individual failure quickly results in team failure:  5 Points

• Some.  The team can tolerate the failure of some of the members, but less than half.  3 Points

• Most of the team can fail and the team will still be considered successful.  1 Point

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Score:______

3.  What portion of the team need to collaborate or work together to achieve the main objective facing the team right now?

• Most of the team has a stake in solving the main challenge today.  5 Points

• Half of the team is really critical to address the main challenge, the other half is marginal.  3 Points

• One or 2 key individuals are really key to address the big challenge.  0 Points

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Score:______

4.  How often does the team have to "divide and conquer" (by assigning goals to sub-teams) to meet all the expectations on the team?

• Frequently.  Customer demand requires us to split up to cover all the needs. 0 Points

• Regularly.  It is not unusual to split into sub teams and undertake different tasks. 3 Points

• Never.  We don't divide up into teams working on different things.  5 Points

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Score:______

5.  Does the team shift activities or duties around to balance the load and relieve over-worked members and give more to members with capacity?

• Yes.  People with capacity regularly help out those who are overloaded. 5 Points

• Yes.  We have processes to identify and resolve overload. 4 Points

• Sometimes.  Only if it seems really bad will we shift work.  2 Points

• Never.  We expect everyone to pull their own weight.  0 Points

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How did your team score?

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25 - 21

Your team is working well!

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20-16

You can probably work through anyTeam Issues and remain mostly effective

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15-9

Your team can get its work done, but youHave some significant issues to overcome!

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8-1

You call this a team??!