Multi-disciplinary Project Teams.

Companies these days face challenges when using multi-disciplinary project teams to develop new products and to alleviate problems in the processing of existing products. These challenges are exacerbated by company locations in different countries, in different time zones and staffed by people from different cultures. Most teams are put together based on the skills and expertise needed to produce the desired end results. To develop a successful team that reaches the appropriate conclusion, many other factors must be considered in addition to technical skill and expertise. All teams are staffed and run by people and the needs and attitudes of those people must also be considered.

During this presentation, we will discuss the elements that are necessary to consider in order to have teams be as productive as possible and in order to prevent or avoid some potential problems. These will include defining optimal performance, establishing expectations, specifying team structure, processes, ground rules, roles and responsibilities for team members, dealing with the challenges of long distance relationships and cross cultural communication and many other things.