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	Term Definition Editor's Choice	Cat	Source
	Team Development Developing skills, as a group and individually, that enhance project performance. [D02004]	JN	WST
	See also Team Building. [D03961]	GJN CHMT
	Team Development Plan A description of a training program for project team members for enhancing their skills both in the work required for the project as well as in working together as a project team. [D03326]	JN	RMW
	Team Leader Person in charge of a group responsible for carrying out a specific task. [D05149]	GJN CHMT	RMW
	Person responsible for managing a team during a Stage. [D02005]	N	WST
	The team leader is the interface between project management and developers. The team leader is responsible for ensuring that a task is allocated and monitored to completion. The team leader is responsible for ensuring that development staff follow project standards, and adhere to project schedules. [D04779]	JN T	RUP
	Team Leadership Leadership may be subdivided into ‘Leadership Techniques’ i.e. methods used for motivation and ‘Leadership Styles’ i.e. the manner in which the leader applies those methods. [D02006]	N	VPM
Index of all terms Top of Page	Team Management The direction of a group of individuals that work as a unit. Effective teams are results-oriented and are committed to project objectives, goals and strategies. [D03328]	GJN CHMT	PMDT
	Team Manager The person responsible for the production of those products (as defined in a Work Package and allocated by the Project Manager) to an appropriate quality, timescale and at a cost acceptable to the Project Board. This role reports to, and takes direction from, the Project Manager. If a Team Manager is not assigned, then the Project Manager undertakes the responsibilities of the Team Manager role. [D05521]	N	PRNC2 2009
	Team Meeting A formal assembly of the members of the project team, at which progress reports may be presented, directions given, or problems reviewed and solved. A record, or "minutes of meeting" should be issued following any such meetings. [D03329]	FGJN CHMT	RMW
	Team Members The individuals reporting either part-time or full-time to the project manager who are responsible for some aspect of the project's activities. [D02008]	GJN CHMT	PMK87
	See Project Team Members. [D02007]	J
	Team Membership Reassessment The initial project team determines if they have the right people on the team. If not, they recommend changes to membership. [D02205]	N	PMMJ97
	Team Motivation The process by which the project manager influences his project team to initiate effort on the project tasks, expend increasing amounts of effort on those tasks, and to persist in expending effort on these tasks over the period of time necessary for project goal accomplishment. [D02009]	N	PMK87
	Team Reward System The process by which the project team receives recognition for their accomplishments. [D02010]	N	PMK87
Index of all terms Top of Page	Teaming Arrangement An arrangement between two or more companies, either as a partnership or joint venture, to perform on a specific contract. The team itself may be designated to act as the prime contractor; or one of the team members may be designated to act as the prime contractor, and the other member(s) designated to act as subcontractors. When the characteristics of joint control (i.e. joint property, joint liability for losses and expenses, and joint participation in profits) are evident, then the teaming arrangement is a joint venture. When these characteristics are not present then the arrangement may more closely resemble that of a prime contractor/subcontractor. [D05845]	GJN CHMT	092 part 7-1802, c
	An agreement of two or more firms to form a partnership or joint venture to act as a potential prime contractor; or an agreement by a potential prime contractor to act as a subcontractor under a specified acquisition program; or an agreement for a joint proposal resulting from a normal prime contractor-subcontractor, licensee-licensor, or leader-company relationship. [D05844]	N C	PMDT
	Teamwork Groups of people who work together to achieve specific objectives as a result of leadership, team building, operating together, and engaging in positive group dynamics. [D06537]	GJN CHMT	Costin
	Work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole. [D03330]	N	Webster
	Joint action by a group of people, in which individual interests are subordinated to group unity and efficiency. A coordinated effort. [D03331]	N	PMDT
	Technical Pertaining to the application of specific principles and/or reasoning to the resolution of project management issues or problems. Editor's Note: See also Technological". "Technical" should not be used to refer to matters relating to the development of the product. [D03524]	GJN CHMT	RMW
	Relating to specified solution performance as opposed to cost and schedule. Editor's Note: Indeed, the term is often used to refer to project cost and schedule tracking as opposed to matters dealing with people. [D04274]	JN	CSM
	Technical Assurance The monitoring of the technical integrity of products. [D02011]	JN CHMT	WST
Index of all terms Top of Page	The responsibility of planning, monitoring and reporting on the coordination and technical integrity of a project's products. (Carried out by the technical assurance coordinator (TAC), within the project assurance team (PAT). [D05131]	N T	KSI
	Technical Assurance Coordinator A member of the project assurance team who is responsible for reporting the technical assurance aspects of a project. [D02012]	N T	WST
	Technical Authority The project's technical authority has the authority and technical expertise to arbitrate on - if, and how - a change request is to be implemented. The technical authority defines change tasks, and estimates the effort of engineering the work tasks, corresponding to a change request. [D04780]	N T	RUP
	Technical Base Management The process of ensuring that: The project's requirements are clearly stated. The technical base is elaborated with regard to the required quality, technical, safety, environmental and other standards. An appropriate technology strategy is in place. The design is value optimized. Production implementation is effectively managed. Testing plans and practices should be initiated from the outset. Hand-over is effectively managed. [D03768]	JN CHMT	CRMP
	Technical Committee A committee that administers the technical aspects (technology) of the project. [D05741]	JN CHMT	WSG
	Technical Description A textual account, usually detailed, of the mechanics of all or part of the technology vested in the project. [D03332]	JN CHMT	RMW
	Technical Documentation User information and references in support of all or part of the technical (technological) aspects of the project. [D03333]	JN CHMT	RMW
	Technical Exception Unplanned situations relating to an end product. [D02013]	N	WST
Index of all terms Top of Page	Technical Feasibility An assessment of the capability of the proposed project technology to work, and its efficiency, viability, cost effectiveness, etc. [D03334]	JN CHMT	RMW
	Technical File A file that holds all of the end products to be delivered at the end of a project. [D02014]	N	WST
	Technical Guide A document that guides stage managers, team leaders and technical assurance coordinators on planning the production of products. [D02015]	JN CHMT	WST
	Technical Management The management of design, production & hand-over I.e., Management of the product's technology. [D03769]	N	CRMP
	Technical Manual Written technical operating and maintenance information for the user. [D04275]	JN HMT	CSM
	A manual providing detailed treatment of specific subjects considered necessary for the full accomplishment of required training. Also containing descriptions of material and instructions for operations, handling, maintenance and repair. Editor's Note: This description would be better labeled as Training Manual. [D03337]	JN HMT	PMDT
	Technical Parameters A set of precisely defined and often quantified deliverables, which match the objectives, guiding principles and working assumptions. [D06538]	N	Costin
	Technical Performance Measurement The technique of identifying and measuring progress on selected critical parameters. The goal is to identify adverse trends early for timely corrective action. Typical parameters are weight, power, computer memory capacity, and similar items. [D04276]	JN	CSM
Index of all terms Top of Page	Technical Performance Status See Scope Reporting. [D02016]	FGJN CHMT
	Technical Products Products produced by a project for an end user. [D02017]	GJ CHMT	WST
	Technical Quality Administration The technical process of establishing the plan for monitoring and controlling the project's satisfactory completion. The plan is designed to include policies and procedures which prevent or correct deviations from requirements/ specifications. [D02018]	GJ CHMT	PMK87 QMPP
	Technical Quality Specifications The process of establishing the specific project requirements, including execution criteria and technologies, project design, measurement specifications, and material procurement and control, that satisfy the expectations of the client, stakeholders, and project team. [D02019]	GJ CHMT	PMK87 QMPP
	Technical Quality Support The process of providing technical training and expertise from one or more support groups to a project in a timely manner. [D02020]	GJ CHMT	PMK87 QMPP
	Technical Specifications Documentation which describes, defines or specifies the goods/services to be supplied. See also specifications. [D02021]	GJ CHMT	PMK87
	Technical Standard A set of criteria for designing, applying, assembling and/or testing a product or a material or a technical process, such as welding. Technical Standards are often established by recognized standard setting bodies such as IEEE, ASME. [D06539]	N	Costin
	Technical Support A service providing help and explanations in the use of the technology. See also Logistics Support. [D03335]	N	RMW
Index of all terms Top of Page	Technical Team A team that provides help in specific technologies. [D05742]	N	WSG
	Technical Training Training in a particular technology. [D03336]	N	RMW
	Technique The manner in which technical details are treated. A body of technical methods (as in a craft.) A method of accomplishing a desired aim. [D02670]	GJN CHMT	Webster
	Skilled means to an end. [D02022]	N	PMK87
	The application of specific principles and/or reasoning to the resolution of project management issues or problems. [D03418]	GJN CHMT	RMW
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