Reading and reflecting on “A Project Team Analysis Using Tuckman’s Model of Small-Group Development”, I was reaffirmed of the significance of a team charter. I have used team charters in a few of my other courses, with each one following various formats, but I have never read a study evaluating the true success of a team charter like this source. In relation to “Tuckman’s Model of Small-Group Development”, the team charter is introduced in the “Norming” stage to provide needed structure to an academic team.

I found it interesting reviewing the structure that was developed for this specific scenario and team charter, as each of my team charters had varying requirements for my different courses. For example, for one of my entrepreneurship courses, my team was expected to put together a team charter with our goals, values, expectations, and communication plan before even receiving our project assignment. This resulted in an extremely broad team charter that wasn’t perfectly applicable to the work we were later assigned. I appreciate how the team charter is introduced in this study at a time when the entire team understands the work that needs to be done and can align the entire document around the project they must complete together. The team charter was more than an understanding of team values and general ideals, but a clarification of the “scope, objectives, deliverables, stakeholders, and the time frames for project completion” (Natvig and Stark, 2016, p. 679). Moving forward, I plan to advocate for the development of team charters around a project, as this publication reaffirmed the effectiveness of a detailed and specific team agreement. I want to include sections like “Key stakeholders”, “Project goals and priorities”, “Deliverables”, “Project risks”, and “Success measures” to ensure the success of my future team environments (Natvig and Stark, 2016, p. 677).

Natvig, D., & Stark, N. L. (2016). A project team analysis using Tuckman’s model of small-group development. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(12), 675–681. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20161114-03