Team charter

Figure 5.4 Kaizen blitz team charter. This document is used to define the scope of the team s efforts.

Our team charter had defined our boundaries, so we started with a flat sheet metal part that has already been stamped from coil stock at a preceding operation. The team s first stop was a machine that bent up all four edges of the blank sheet metal to form a pan. What the team observed was that the parts were brought to this machine in a container that required the operator to bend over to retrieve the vertically stacked parts. The operator also had to pry apart the sheet metal pieces with his fingertips before he lifted them from the container. The oil that had accumulated on the parts from the previous stamping operation caused the parts to stick together. The... 

Design Team charters. The charters for sphere Design Teams should include the goals and objectives, resources, schedules, and issues that should be addressed. 

In order to develop a committee or team charter effectively, a series of questions need to be answered to assess as many aspects of the committee/team s potential duties, accountabilities, and authority as possible. These questions are answered prior to the initial meeting formalizing or revitalizing the safety committee. The questions develop the basic content for the safety committee charter. 

The first step is the most important step in growing a team. The Team Charter specifies the purpose of the team, the boundaries of its scope and authority, and team membership. One of the major reasons that teams fail is that the original charter was too vague. This leads to mission creep in which teams spill into areas that were never intended, or teams become confused about how much authority they have and stumble into conflict with supervisors and other teams (Turner Turner, 1998, chap. 2). 

Refer to Appendix N for an Example of a Safety Committee Team Charter . 

Clear and concise expectations must be for the Ad Hoc JHA team. As each committee and subcommittee must have a charter, the JHA team charter must be developed to clearly define and outline the team s roles and responsibilities in the development of a comprehensive portfolio of JHAs (see Chapter 8, Getting Your Employees Involved in the Safety Management System and Appendix N, Example of a Safety Committee Team Charter). 

The JHA team charter will address such issues as ... 

Appendix N Example of a Safety Committee Team Charter ( Managing Worker Safety and Health, Illinois, Public Domain, Adapted for Use, n.d. Roughton < Crutchfield, 2008)... 

Let us consider some general approaches to taking these steps. The specifics will vary depending upon the safety mission, tiie team charter, and the talents, skills, and opinions of the team members. Remember to follow the basic consensus-building process when arriving at goals and assigning tasks. 

It is important to realize that although performance evaluation is listed sixth in this list of successive teamwork steps, this topic is inherent in every step. Whether selecting team members, establishing a team charter, or setting goals and assigning task responsibilities, evaluation plays an integral role. 

What are our xmique strengths and how can we better capitalize on these Based on our experiences at teamwork, what should we do differently What parts of our team charter need elimination or refinement ... 

He made his expectations explicit in the form of a team charter (as opposed to dropping in on team meetings and taking over to push for a solution to his latest concern). 

Leadership team Does the leadership team understands the intent of the project and has signed off on a team charter ... 

The applicable tools during the Define phase include the following Project and team charter development... 

Creating a team charter and identifying the key personnel who will champion (mentor) the project ensures that the problem statement is clearly defined, problem/defect definitions are developed and that a written charter and deliverables for the project are established (The Process Improvement Notebook,TQLO Publication No. 97-01, n.d.). Team charters include the business case analysis such as problem and goal statements (injury and/or damage reduction), project scope,bench-marks/milestones, and the roles and responsibilities of the team. One key element in the team charter is a plan for communicating information to leadership team on the status of each stage of the project (Waddick, n.d.). 

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