Team Charter

The best way to set your team up for success is to create a Team Charter: a set of concepts and skills that focus your team.

A Use the 6 sections below to craft the framework of your team charter. B Transfer your thoughts from the 6 sections into an organized charter.

1 Team Members David Chin Jeanette Melgaralo Keji Zeng Daniel Quon Jennifer Connely [ Name ] [ Name ]
Team Charter
Who is on the team? Strengths: Strengths: Strengths: Strengths: Strengths: Strengths: Strengths:
Team Members:
Project
Each team member list 2 of their Analytical
Thinking
Work Ethic
Communica
tiion
Planning Manageme
nt
Organizing
Empathic
Perspective
Speaking
Project
Managing
Attention to
Detail David Chin, Jeanette Melgaralo, Keji Zeng, Daniel Quon, Jennifer Connely
strengths and 2 of their weaknesses to
help better understand each other. Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Organization/Affiliation:

Time California College of the Arts, MBA in Design Strategy Program

Saying No Tangents Visual Communica Visual Analytical
Manageme Going Slow Stubborn Social
Design tion Design Thinking
nt

1. Brainstorm: Use sticky notes to show your thoughts. 2. Consolidate: Choose your team's top 6-8 values. 3. Refine: Turn your notes into concise sentences. Core Values
2 Core Values
enjoyable Core Values:
What do you care about? Unabashed
Honesty
think big
communica
tion
efficiency /
effective
thoughtful,
purposeful
effective
communica
Unabashed
Honesty
everyone
has equal
work
environmen
- Offer unabashed honesty to each other.
logistics process discussions tion stake
t
- Everyone has an equal stake in group decisions.
- Offer unabashed honesty to each other. - Contribute to an enjoyable work environment.
Discuss which shared values can help push each
bring out pair critique everyone
push each
efficiency / Trust
- Everyone has an equal stake in group decisions. - Push each other to succeed and bring out the team's best.
other to enjoy everyone other to - Contribute to an enjoyable work environment.
guide how you approach your work and succeed /
the best in
each other
with
solution
yourself
has equal
stake
has a voice succeed /
effective
process
constructiv
e criticism - Push each other to succeed and bring out the team's best.
- Consider efficiency in the work process.
achieve achieve - Trust each other's constructive criticism.
how you collaborate with each other. - Consider efficiency in the work process.
Trust contribute to
- Trust each other's constructive criticism.
remove accountabili understand open to
constructiv an enjoyable
egos ty criticism workspace
new ideas
e criticism

1. Brainstorm: Use sticky notes to show your thoughts. 2. Consolidate: Choose your team's top 6-8 norms. 3. Refine: Turn your notes into concise sentences. Group Norms
3 Group Norms
Group Norms:
How will you work? Maximize use tools
maintain high mindful of
share Maximize use tools step up,
- Maximize our unique skill sets.
Skillsets situationally
level of others' speak up
thoughts Skillsets situationally step back - Use our tools situationally, flexible depending on the project.
camaraderie schedules - Maximize our unique skill sets. - Be able to step up and step back when necessary.
Establish a framework of ideals that you - Use our tools situationally, flexible depending on the project. - Always address concerns, don't be afraid to speak up.
individually due your - Be able to step up and step back when necessary.
can expect each other to abide by. prioritize efficient
always
address
step up, reflect on
always
address
maintain high
level of
diligence
- Always address concerns, don't be afraid to speak up.
- Maintain a high level of camaraderie.
agendas meetings
concerns
step back past
concerns camaraderie
outside of
groupwork
- Due your diligence outside of group work.
meetings - Maintain a high level of camaraderie.
- Due your diligence outside of group work.

1. Brainstorm: Use sticky notes to show your thoughts. 2. Consolidate: Choose your team's necessary roles. 3. Refine: Turn your notes into concise sentences. Team Roles
4 Roles
What roles are necessary? Logistics
Manager
Visual
Designer
Internal/Ext
ernal Email
Logistics
Manager
Visual
Designer
Copywriter
- Logistics Manager: note taker, agenda maker, time keeper
- Internal/External Email Lead
- Logistics Manager: note taker, agenda maker, time keeper - Visual Designer
Determine the types of roles that will utilize utilize
- Internal/External Email Lead - Final Copy Editor
skillsets Internal/Ext skillsets - Visual Designer
keep the team focused and drive Note Taker
where
Copywriter
ernal Email where
- Final Copy Editor
*Use skill sets where they are relevant
relevant relevant
productivity. *Use skill sets where they are relevant

1. Brainstorm: Use sticky notes to show your thoughts. 2. Consolidate: Choose your team's top 6-8 metrics. 3. Refine: Turn your notes into concise sentences. Metrics of Success
5 Metrics of Success
Metrics of Success:
What does success look like to you? achieving
Metric
efficiency in
creativity
and
procure
positive
achieving
creativity
and
individual
and group
- Achieving desired goals and accomplishments.
goals our process
innovation results
goals
innovation learning - Maintaining a high level of camaraderie.
- Achieving desired goals and accomplishments. - Validation from outside sources.
Consider how success can be measured - Maintaining a high level of camaraderie. - Maintaining efficiency in our process.
maintaining positive maintaining
individual - Validation from outside sources.
beyond a letter grade or score. camaraderi
work
enviornmen
and group
learning
outside
validation camaraderi
outside
validation
efficiency in
our process - Maintaining efficiency in our process.
- Individual and group learnings and growth.
e t e - Creativity and innovation in our work.
- Individual and group learnings and growth.
- Creativity and innovation in our work.

1. Brainstorm: Use sticky notes to show your thoughts. 2. Consolidate: Choose your groups top 6-8 standards. 3. Refine: Turn your notes into concise sentences. Standards of Quality
6 Standards of Quality
What are your standards for high quality have a
efficiency no excuses
don't just
hear, but no excuses openness
have a - [ Standard 1 ]
purpose purpose - [ Standard 2 ]
work and learning? listen
- Ownership - [ Standard 3 ]
- Openness - [ Standard 4 ]
consider
don't just - Creativity
Think about the level of quality you creativity openness
always
deliver
multiple
perspective
creativity hear, but efficiency
- Purpose
- [ Standard 5 ]
listen - [ Standard 6 ]
deliver and expect from your teammates. s
- Efficiency - [ Standard 7 ]
- Don't Hear, Listen - [ Standard 8 ]