MetaTeam is a Team Performance Management work environment.

Team Performance Management is not the same as project management. Project management tools typically focus on a project plan, its tasks and milestones, work assignments, etc. This is important stuff! However, that is only one part of the equation.

MetaTeam takes a different, but complementary approach to helping you achieve success. With MetaTeam your goal is to structure self-organizing groups to set goals, make decisions, build relationships and take responsibility for processes and outcomes.

Clearly this is the "softer" side of project management. Funny thing is, as hard as it may be to measure this part of teamwork, these "people issues" are a huge part of what makes one team high performing, and another team struggle.

MetaTeam helps you organize for success in several ways:

• Your team structure and relationships become visible and easily understood
• Roles and their link to goals and responsibilities become clear
• The operating norms become well-known through charters and decision models
• Decision making becomes more structured, evidence-based and participatory
• The interrelationship between groups, projects, teams and people becomes clear and useful

This is the running start MetaTeam provides.

You will still need project task planning and management tools. You will still need to take notes in meetings.

But you will know that your team has a well understood framework to work in -- and that can make a world of difference.