This paper discusses how companies today are expected to compete globally,
meet ever-improving standards and increase profits, but often with
fewer people and fewer resources. It looks at how in order to meet these seemingly impossible goals, organizations have begun to develop project
teams. Teams are not considered to be groups, but a combination of people who come together for a common purpose or objective. It analyzes the four development stages of successful teams,
forming,
storming,
norming and
performing and how project teams can have numerous advantages if they are properly formed and the project is successfully carried out. It also evaluates the array of difficulties can arise once teams are produced which can prevent teams from reaching the performing phase of the project.