Question

You are a communication designer for a design company. Your team is working on a project designing an interior office space for an information technology company in New York City. The project is well underway, and your team has been working together for three months now. Formal leadership is no longer necessary because everyone is taking on leadership functions related to their roles. Your part of the project requires you to identify the communication needs of the client and to incorporate those needs into the design plans. In this case, the client needs wireless Internet access and a local intranet throughout the interior. You’ve already spoken to the supplier. Now you’ll need to talk to the teammate overseeing the building to make sure the contractor can handle the job. The two of you agree to meet with the contractor together. After meeting with the contractor, you report back to the rest of the team and smoothly adjust the project plan to accommodate the new information.
Norming
Answer choices:
Performing
Norming
Forming
Storming

Answer 1

This is incomplete because the question is missing, here is the missing question and options:

Which phase of team development does this situation describe?

A. Performing

B. Norming

C. Forming

D. Storming

The answer to this question is B. Norming

Explanation:

In team development, norming is the third stage in the process of creating a team and making its members work together. This stage occurs after members have known each other (forming) and had solved their problems (storming). Due to this, during this stage members are able to work together and there are clear roles, which facilitates communication and adaptation. This stage is the one described because roles have been defined "everyone is taking on leadership functions related to their roles" and it seems the integration after three months facilitates communication and changes "report back to the rest of the team and smoothly adjust the project plan."