Part One: Project Name / Team / Description (project name can be annonmous) Working as a team you are to • Agree on a suitable team name, list all team members and provide their contact details in a...

Part One:
Project Name / Team / Description (project name can be annonmous)
Working as a team you are to

• Agree on a suitable team name, list all team members and provide their contact details in a professional looking document.
• Provide an overview of the project on which you are working.
• Complete a project description. This should be written clearly and concisely so that anyone unfamiliar with the project can fully understand the objectives.


Team Charter
After your team agreed on a team name and identified all of the contact details of your team members, address the following points and present them in a professional looking document:
•    Skills and Knowledge Inventory – List the specific knowledge and / or skills that each team member can contribute to the project. This could be technical knowledge, communication or leadership skills.
•    Roles and Responsibilities – Define roles and responsibilities for each team member. This can be defined for entire project or can be shared or even rotated.
•    Team Communications
o    Meeting Times & Location – Agree on mutually convenient times and location to convene to work on the case assignments.
o    Define how the team will communicate with each other and share information. Also specify how meetings will be documented and where subsequent resources will be stored for ease of access.
•    Team Rules & Expectations

o    Discuss your previous experiences of working in teams, both positive and negative. What is the overall team goal?
o    Team Values – Discuss as a team what values are important. Develop a statement or itemised list that summarises these values.
o    Code of Ethics – Based on your team values, create a statement that summarises a code of ethics to guide your teams ethical behaviour.
o    Rules and Expectations – Build a set of rules and expectation that all members of the team shall abide by. Consider team decisions, conflict, absence from meetings, and an individual’s lack of contribution for example.
•    Signatures – Get each member of the team to sign the team charter. This will indicate an understanding and agreement to the rules and expectations as specified in the points above