Team-working group-project classifier

The decision it supports

Use the team-working group-project classifier to make this choice explicit and reviewable: Does a body of work need a durable team, a temporary working group, or a bounded project? The working view makes outcome, duration, and interdependence visible so discussion can move from general opinion to a specific action or decision.

When to use it

Use the team-working group-project classifier when several reasonable paths exist in team development, the trade-offs cannot all be removed, and the decision needs to be explained later. Agree how outcome, duration, and interdependence will be judged before advocating an option.

What it compares

The team-working group-project classifier is a transparent comparison of credible paths, their evidence, trade-offs, authority, and review conditions. Its core working elements are outcome, duration, interdependence, and stable membership. Those elements belong together because each changes how the others should be interpreted or acted on.

Decision criteria

Outcome

Describe the observable result, who benefits, and the evidence that would show meaningful progress. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to duration so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.

Duration

Capture duration only at the level needed to answer: Does a body of work need a durable team, a temporary working group, or a bounded project? Use observable evidence, name any unresolved judgment, and state what action or choice this entry can change. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to interdependence so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.

Interdependence

Capture interdependence only at the level needed to answer: Does a body of work need a durable team, a temporary working group, or a bounded project? Use observable evidence, name any unresolved judgment, and state what action or choice this entry can change. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to stable membership so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.

Stable membership

Capture stable membership only at the level needed to answer: Does a body of work need a durable team, a temporary working group, or a bounded project? Use observable evidence, name any unresolved judgment, and state what action or choice this entry can change. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to authority so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.

Authority

Name the decision, the person or body with final authority, the date, and the rationale that should remain visible later. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to cadence so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.

Cadence

Set a review rhythm and define the evidence, threshold, or event that should trigger an earlier review. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to dissolution condition so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.

Dissolution condition

Capture dissolution condition only at the level needed to answer: Does a body of work need a durable team, a temporary working group, or a bounded project? Use observable evidence, name any unresolved judgment, and state what action or choice this entry can change. Within the team-working group-project classifier, connect this entry to cadence so the relationship can be reviewed rather than inferred.