Did the research on some Team Structures before choosing the best and implementing it. Here are the findings.

Process/Functionally Team Structure

In this structure the major functional areas have been addressed by teams focused on that area. The team would have a mix of people so that all the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding are collectively within that team, subject to any further specialized support that is needed.

Process Structure Team – With Detail

The main teams have been defined to support the major business processes within the scope of the project. Specialised shared service teams have been set up - one for all the technical support areas and one for non-technical general and specialised support, eg change management and training.

Resource Pool Structure

This structure is based on the traditional resource pool concept. Teams are constructed from similar types of resource. People often feel more comfortable in teams like this, but they do not necessarily combine together so effectively to produce solutions. For any given issue, a combination from different teams will need to communicate and collaborate. For example, design by prototyping would be conducted by members of the user team and the applications team.

Selection of Team Structure

Based on the above analysis, our group has decided to implement the Process/Functional Team Structure because of the fact that the team would have a mix of people so that all the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding are collectively within that team, subject to any further specialized support that is needed.