Assign Appropriate Team Members
Assign the appropriate personnel to be team members based on
required knowledge and skills.
Team members are selected and positioned to perform team tasks
based on their ability to satisfy required knowledge, skills, and
functional expertise, and complement those of other team members.
Team membership may not stay the same throughout the integrated
team’s period of performance. Selecting and assigning appropriate new
members to the team to perform team tasks is an important element in
maintaining proper team composition and output as members leave,
team expectations change, or the team has evolved to the point where
a different mix of personnel is necessary.
Examples of relevant criteria for evaluating potential team members include:
- Knowledge and skills related to tasks and responsibilities associated with the team’s assigned work products
- Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to complement the mix of knowledge and skills in the team
- Potential to fulfill a significant responsibility on the team
- Ability to acquire additional knowledge, skills, or expertise related to the team’s tasks
- Existing workload and time available to fulfill responsibilities to the team
- Educational and cultural background
- Personal (self) motivation
- Ability to represent a functional area appropriately
Individual team members are empowered, within defined limits, by their
respective functional managers to make decisions. Team members can
be selected from both within or outside of the organization and can
include suppliers, customers, and end users. Their roles and
responsibilities in team operation need to be clearly defined.
- Establish relevant criteria for evaluating team members against
established knowledge and skills profiles.
- Utilize the criteria to qualify appropriate candidates against the
knowledge and skills profiles. [
- Identify and orient team members to best contribute to the team’s
capability.
- Assess and determine the integrated team’s capability to meet its
It may be required to supplement the team’s internal capability with external
sources to maximize the team’s ability to perform its function.