This document provides details for an assignment requiring students to analyze a recently completed team project. Students must write a 5-page paper addressing the development of their team using both the five-stage model and punctuated equilibrium model of team development. They must also analyze situational factors that positively or negatively impacted team performance and recommend how to manage meetings on future projects. The paper must be in APA format and cite sources using in-text citations and a reference page.

1. Assignment Details
High-performing teams
are teams whose members have specific roles and
complementary talents and skills and are aligned in purpose
such that they consistently produce superior results. A high-
performing team can make the difference between merely
completing a project and completing a project ahead of schedule
and under budget. Before becoming a high-performing team, the
team will go through five stages of team development.
In this assignment, you are going to reflect on a recently
completed project that you took part in as a member of a team.
This project could have taken place in the workplace, in the
classroom, or anywhere else that you were part of a group. In a
5-page analysis, you should address the following:
Address the development of the team in terms of both the five-
stage model and the punctuated equilibrium model. Which
model does a better job of describing the development of the
team and how so?
From among the situational factors affecting team development
listed in your text, which factors positively or negatively
contributed to the performance of the group? How were the
negative factors overcome or what could be done in the future
to overcome them?
How well were group meetings managed? What was done
particularly well and what was not done well? What specific
recommendations can you provide about how groups should
manage meetings on future projects?

2. Be sure to cite your sources using APA; include your references
and in-text citations.
Use this
template
to complete this assignment.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a
minimum, you will need the following:
Title page:
The title should be in all capitals.
Length:
5 pages minimum
Body:
This begins on the page following the title page and abstract
page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or
quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be
12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do
not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-
level headings and references. The deliverable length of the
body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body
academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are
required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page:
References that align with your in-body academic sources are
listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in
APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics,
and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type
of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a

3. bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body
citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a
corresponding in-body citation.