8 Essentials of a Project Team
8 Essentials of a Project Team
Team misalignment was cited as a project workflow challenge by 44% of survey respondents in a 2024 Lucid survey—that’s up 37% from the prior year alone. Setting a project team up for success requires ensuring everyone on the team understands and fully buys into these 8 Essentials.
Key Concept: Two Distinct Categories
The 8 Essentials are divided by a bold line that represents a critical distinction. The first five essentials should be given to the team by leadership, while the bottom three the team must create on its own.
Why This Matters
Teams that are not given the top five essentials often fail because they are poorly chartered or lack clear direction. Teams that struggle with creating the bottom three often fail due to poor execution stemming from lack of alignment or lack of buy-in to an agreed upon process.
The Facilitation Solution
Project managers skilled in facilitation can guide a team through the bottom three essentials: creating their solution process, managing their decision processes, and building a team with the trust, communication, participation, commitment, and accountability needed to drive for success.
