Exam 8: Team Dynamics

Teams are generally more effective when the task is complex and lacks definition.

Brooks's Law says that adding more people to a late software project only makes it later.This law is mainly referring to:

One challenge with constructive conflict is preventing it from sliding into personal attacks.

Employees tend to join a virtual or conventional team with:

Team members typically hold one or more formal roles in the team as well as roles that they informally fulfill at various times.

According to Brooks's Law,adding more people to a late software project tends to:

In which of the following situations is production blocking most likely to occur?

Brainstorming requires team members to:

Calculus-based trust:

Team members tend to work together more effectively when they are rewarded for individual,performance.

Diversity among team members tends to undermine cohesion.

Groupthink is less likely to occur when the team leader is not too opinionated.

The nominal group technique tends to produce more and better ideas than do traditional interacting groups.

When forming a team,it is critical that each team member has:

During the adjourning stage of team development,team members shift their attention away from relationships and instead focus mainly on completing the task.

Employees are more motivated in teams because they are motivated to fulfill the goals of the groups to which they belong.

The pressure to conform:

Knowledge-based trust develops over time.

You have been asked to lead a complex software project over the next year that requires the full-time involvement of approximately 100 people with diverse skills and backgrounds.Using your knowledge of team size,how can you develop an effective team under these conditions?

Diverse teams tend to be more effective than homogeneous teams on tasks requiring a high degree of cooperation and coordination.