Establish and maintain integrated teams.

The project is managed using integrated teams that reflect the organizational rules and guidelines for team structuring and forming. The project’s shared vision is established prior to establishing the team structure, which may be based on the WBS. For small acquirer organizations, the whole organization and relevant external stakeholders can be treated as an integrated team.

Refer to the Establish Rules and Guidelines for Integrated Teams specific practice in the Organizational Process Definition process area for more information about establishing organizational rules and guidelines for structuring and forming integrated teams.

One of the best ways to ensure coordination and collaboration with relevant stakeholders, specific goal 2 of this process area, is to include them on an integrated team. For projects within a system of systems framework, the most important integrated team may be with stakeholders representing other systems.

Typical Work Products

1.    Documented shared vision

2.    List of team members assigned to each integrated team

3.    Integrated team charters

4.    Periodic integrated team status reports

Subpractices

1.    Establish and maintain the project’s shared vision.

When creating a shared vision, it is critical to understand the interfaces between the project and stakeholders external to the project. The vision should be shared among relevant stakeholders through their agreement and commitment.

2.    Establish and maintain the integrated team structure.

Cost, schedule, project risks, resources, interfaces, the project’s defined process, and organizational guidelines are evaluated to establish the basis for defining integrated teams and their responsibilities, authorities, and interrelationships.

3.    Establish and maintain each integrated team.

Establishing and maintaining integrated teams encompasses choosing team leaders and team members and establishing team charters for each team. It also involves providing resources required to accomplish tasks assigned to the team.

4.    Periodically evaluate the integrated team structure and composition.

Integrated teams should be monitored to detect malfunctions, mismanaged interfaces, and mismatches of tasks to team members. Take corrective action when performance does not meet expectations.