Formation Agile

Similar to the storming phase, you can initiate a status meeting with each team. In many instances, I use a status meeting when I feel each team is in either the storming or norming phase, and act accordingly.

One tool that works in conjunction with the status meeting is the ‘Evaluation of Progress Toward Effective Team Functioning’*, a document adapted from Jack McGourty and Kenneth De Meuse’s The Team Developer: An Assessment and Skill Building Program.

Teaming Evaluation Tool

Ask each student on the team to complete this instrument before the status meeting. NOTE: this should be completed anonymously. This tool can then be used to help troubleshoot potential issues a team is having.