Project Management Task 5: Roles, Models and Team Development

This project management assignment delves into the critical aspects of effective project execution and team dynamics. It begins by analyzing the multifaceted roles and responsibilities of a project manager, emphasizing their involvement in all project phases, from initiation to closure. The assignment then explores Bruce Tuckman's five stages of team development (forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning) and how this model can be applied to build cohesive and high-performing project teams. Furthermore, it investigates Meredith Belbin's team role inventory model, assessing its application in identifying team strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the assignment reflects on the integration of Maori Tikanga principles, such as Whanaungtanga, Manakitanga, Kotahitanga, Atuatanga, and Puawaitanga, to foster team building and enhance project outcomes. The analysis utilizes various academic references to support the arguments and provide a robust understanding of the subject matter.

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Table of Contents
Task 5...............................................................................................................................................2
a) Analyzing roles as a project manager in implementing project...............................................2
b) Analyze responsibilities as a project manager in implementing the project...........................2
c) Analyze Bruce Tuckman’s 5 stages of development model which is used for team building 3
d) Using Meredith Belbin’s team role inventory model questionnaire, analyze its application. .4
e) Reflection on Maori Tikanga align and team building concepts for projects..........................4
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Task 5
a) Analyzing roles as a project manager in implementing project
It is found that in order to implement the fundraising project for renovating Sikh temple,
the project manager plays an important role. They have the role to undertake initiation, planning,
execution as well as closure phases of the fundraising projects effectively. They generally have a
number of combinations is skills that help them in detecting unstated assumptions for resolving
different types of conflicts as well as for managing the projects effectively (Kerzner, 2017).
Their role includes recognition of the risks in the project that directly impact the success
likelihood of the project so that the risk must be formally as well as informally measured in the
entire project lifetime (Kerzner, 2019). They also take proper decisions both small as well as
large for the project. In addition to this, the project manager generally controls the risks and
generally minimizes different types of project uncertainty. The decision that the project manager
generally makes helps in creating proper impact on the benefit of the project quite effectively.
Furthermore, the projects managers help in managing different tasks as well as workforce by
producing proper reports and charts. Moreover, they also help in proper time management,
customer satisfaction, managing project risk as well as assists in monitoring the risks of the
project.
b) Analyze responsibilities as a project manager in implementing the project
It is identified that in order to implement the fundraising project effectively, the project
manager is responsible for planning the entire project effectively by creating roadmap. During
the planning of the project, the managers generally defines the project scope and creates proper
project plan as well as project schedule. In addition to this, the project managers organize the
entire work of the project by assigning proper roles to each of the team members by setting

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proper deadlines for achieving targets (Marchewka, 2016). This step mainly includes proper
briefing of the members about the various tools that they generally utilize. Moreover, the project
manager leads the entire project by accommodating different roles of project manager and this is
further considered as one of the important responsibilities of the managers. Moreover, the project
managers generally ensure that the entire project is on track and it will get executed within the
assumed time-frame. In order to help in this particular step, many of the managers utilizes three
steps for effectively controlling the procedure. In the first step, they keep strict vigil on the
project progress while in the second phase they generally determine the root causes of deviations
(Kerzner, 2017). Furthermore, they make a number of corrections for addressing the issue that is
mainly associated with deviation. Managing the risks that are mainly associated with the project
are considered another important responsibility of the project manager which reflects that the
managers resolves challenges and allow the projects to run smoothly.
c) Analyze Bruce Tuckman’s 5 stages of development model which is used for team
building
It is found that Bruce Tuckman’s 5 stages of development model is mainly utilized for
building team and for properly implementing the fundraising project so that the Sikh temple get
renovated successfully (Kerr, 2017). Dr Bruce Tuckman generally published his forming,
storming, norming as well as performing model in the year 1965 and the model helps in
explaining that as the project team develops proper maturity and ability then the leaders
generally need to change their style of leadership quite effectively.
Stage 1: Forming: It is found that in this step, proper guidance as well as direction is
provided to the project team for completing the project and for building proper team. It is

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necessary for the leaders to prepare a lot of questions about the purpose, objectives as well as
external relationships so that the entire project can be executed properly (Zhen, 2017).
Stage 2: Storming: In this particular stage, the team members the project team focuses
on the goals for avoiding different types of challenges in the project. Furthermore, a number of
compromises are made for enabling progress leader-based coaches for keeping the entire project
on track effectively.
Stage 3: Norming: Agreement as well as consensus generally forms proper team who
responds to the facilitation by a team leader. It is found that smaller decisions generally get
delegated to various individuals as well as teams within the entire group for building the project
team quite effectively (Kerr, 2017).
Stage 4: Performing: In this stage, the team generally gets a shared vision for achieving
the goals such that the entire team makes important decision against different criteria with which
the leaders generally agrees. The disagreement that generally occurs can be resolved effectively
in this stage so that the project work get completed properly.
Stage 5: Adjourning: It is also one of the phases that helps in proper team development
as this particular phase generally breaks the team up after the entire task has been properly
completed. This phase is quite relevant to the organization where they generally introduce new
teams as well as strategies for undertaking proper initiative.
d) Using Meredith Belbin’s team role inventory model questionnaire, analyze its
application
Belbin team roles that are provided are very much helpful in building the project team
properly for effectively implementing the fundraising event. It is found that as per the provided

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Belbin team role, one can be able to properly assess various types of relative strengths as well as
weaknesses of the project team and further assists in understanding various ways which are
helpful in improving the performance of the project (Omar et al., 2016). The team roles that are
provided as per Belbin generally helps the team members to show steps that are useful in
properly operating within the team environment. Furthermore, it is found that the Belbin roles
helps in creating strong team for properly monitoring the project effectively (Flores-Parra et al.,
2018).The roles of the team generally tend to develop as well as mature that generally changes
with proper experience which is often filled by some individual who has not recognized this
particular role. Furthermore, the roles reflect that the team must share their roles effectively for
enhancing understanding and for enabling mutual expectations.
e) Reflection on Maori Tikanga align and team building concepts for projects
Tikanga is of one the Maori based concept that is mainly based on culture, custom,
fashion, manner, mechanism as well as different styles of protocol that are helpful in building the
team properly so that can be able to create fundraising event effectively. Maori Tikanga aligns
with the various team building concepts by using different values that are mainly elaborated
below:
Whanaungtanga: This value is considered as a sense of belonging that helps in knowing
about one another. This is mainly incorporated by starting each of the session with name pages
for promoting the work of the team. This further helps in aligning with the team building
concepts (Charters, 2019).
Manakitanga: It is one of the ways that helps in measuring people and their ability of
extending aroha for encouraging as well as providing participants with the resources that are

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generally present. Furthermore, it helps in creating team building concepts for managing the
team effectively.
Kotahitanga: It is considered as oneness that helps in encouraging unity for playing
cooperating games where all the work generally gets completed for supporting each team
members effectively that further helps in aligning with the team of the project properly
(Broughton et al., 2016).
Atuatanga: It is considered as one of the forms to pay respect by learning about different
Atua Maori as well as about the roles that they generally play. In addition to this, they help in
being aware about different types of belief that are generally helpful in creating the team
effectively.
Puawaitanga: It is one of the significant forms Maori Tikanga that is mainly aligned with
the project in order to build proper concepts related with team building so that the team members can be
able to work effectively on the project.

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References
Broughton, J. R., Lawrence, H. P., & Jamieson, L. (2016). Tikanga Māori (Māori Customary
Practices) in Oral Health Research. Journal of health care for the poor and
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Charters, C. (2019). Recognition of Tikanga Māori and the Constitutional Myth of
Monolegalism: Reinterpreting Case Law. Available at SSRN 3316400.
Flores-Parra, J. M., Castañón-Puga, M., Evans, R. D., Rosales-Cisneros, R., & Gaxiola-Pacheco,
C. (2018, June). Towards Team Formation Using Belbin Role Types and a Social
Networks Analysis Approach. In 2018 IEEE Technology and Engineering Management
Conference (TEMSCON) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Kerr, S. (2017). Forming, storming, norming, and performing (Doctoral dissertation,
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Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
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Kerzner, H. (2019). Using the project management maturity model: strategic planning for
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Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management metrics, KPIs, and dashboards: a guide to measuring
and monitoring project performance. John Wiley & Sons.
Marchewka, J. T. (2016). Information technology project management: Providing measurable
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Omar, M., Hasan, B., Ahmad, M., Yasin, A., Baharom, F., Mohd, H., & Muhd Darus, N. (2016).
Applying fuzzy technique in software team formation based on Belbin team role. Journal
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Zhen, J. (2017, September). Application of Tuckman's Model in the Community Folk Team
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