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ACQ 101 module 5 Team Building Already Passed What are Integrated Product Teams? ✔✔IPTs came about as a sub-component of the Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPOD) as a management p... rocess that integrates all activities from the concept of a new defense system through the entire life cycle, using multidisciplinary teams called IPTs. What are Defense acquisition program teams referred to as? ✔✔Integrated Product Teams IPTs are intended to provide the framework for ensuring that everyone works together. Successful IPTs depend on effective leadership. IPTs also depend on each member being an effective team player. Which of the following principles are typically found in IPTs? ✔✔reasoned disagreement, qualified team members, proactive participation, no secrets What are the 3 types of IPTs? ✔✔program level, working level, and overarching What do Program Level IPTs do? ✔✔Program Level IPTs center on program execution. What do Working Level IPTs do? ✔✔Working Level IPTs emphasize several points: identifying and solving program issues, determining status of a program and pursuing other opportunities. What do Overarching IPTs do? ✔✔Overarching IPTs, or OIPTs, are responsible for oversight and review of programs and processes and focus on strategic guidance, program assessment, and issue resolution. Which types of IPTs are responsible for overseeing and reviewing strategic guidance, program assessment and issue resolution? ✔✔OIPTs The forming stage of any team development is important because the members of the team get to know one another. ✔✔True Which of the following are some typical individual emotions that occur during the forming stage? ✔✔anticipation, pride, anxiety The storming state is not important to the growth of the team. ✔✔False What behaviors should the team members practice to lessen the chance that the team will fail in the storming phase? ✔✔tolerance, patience In the norming stage, the team reconciles competing loyalties and responsibilities. Then they manage to develop goals and mutual plans for the team. How many goals are typically seen in the norming stage? ✔✔one In the norming stage, all team members take the responsibility and have the ambition to work for the success of the team's goals. In this stage the members are reluctant to share controversial ideas. ✔✔True What is the goal for the team in the performing stage? ✔✔To reach and remain at that stage. Which of the following are some typical group behaviors that occur during the performing stage? ✔✔Taking action, taking steps, balancing behaviors If a group has fulfilled its goals and objectives, it will move into the adjourning stage. During the adjourning stage, the team is preparing for the group's dissolution. In what ways would you achieve closure? ✔✔Recognize and celebrate Melancholy is a typical individual emotion that occurs during the adjourning stage. ✔✔True What phase does DAU propose to add to the Tuckman model on team development to address conformity? ✔✔Transformation stage Groupthink is the thinking or decision making of the team that is lacking original, creative, and/or innovative ideas. ✔✔True What does an effective leader require team members to mutually agree upon and to periodically compare? ✔✔Goals Every team needs a goal that they understand and fully embrace. A key role of the team leader is to provide clear direction and communicate often. Is the following an example of clear direction? Build and launch a ship that provides combat capability with a reasonable average production price, resulting from a successful government contractor subcontractor teaming relationship. ✔✔No One of the most important characteristics of high-performing teams is building and maintaining an open and trusting environment. How does the team leader achieve that? ✔✔honesty and candidness One of the most important abilities of a high performance team is for each team member to speak for his or her parent organization. ✔✔True Teams work better when they are well organized. The first tool of team organization is a charter. Which of the following are key elements in a team's charter? ✔✔scope, membership, resources, deliverables, and accountability relationships Top performing teams can benefit from establishing ground rules for all team meetings. The ground rules are included in the team's charter and are never to be changed. ✔✔False In creating a high-performance team, there need to be enough skilled team members to reach critical mass. So the team must constantly focus on recruiting, developing, and retaining team members. This makes the team leader responsible for the success or failure of the overall team. ✔✔False Consensus means: we can live "x" as a solution, and we all agree to go along with whatever it take to "blank" it. ✔✔implement Which of the following is the most crucial internal process for a team to agree upon? ✔✔decision making The most crucial internal process that a team must agree on is decision-making. ✔✔True Which of the following are factors required for ethical decision making? ✔✔ethical commitment, ethical consciousness, ethical competency Attempts to achieve harmony by avoiding conflict and more acceptance of all team members and their ideas are typical behaviors of which team developmental stage? ✔✔Norming What is a characteristic of an IPT? ✔✔They are a multidisciplinary group of people who are collectively responsible for delivering a defined product or process. A need, purpose, and scope are established for a team using what tool? ✔✔charter Which of the following is considered a critical characteristic of an effective team leader? ✔✔lack of bias Which type of IPTs focus on seeking opportunities? ✔✔working level IPTs What are the two principal considerations of team decision making? ✔✔consensus and ethical decision making Lofty abstract discussions and complaints about the tasks or organization are typical behaviors of which team developmental stage? ✔✔forming Evaluation of complex, ambiguous information and the skills to use that information are necessary to reach what type of decision? ✔✔ethical [Show More]

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