>* To extend the above, the team must be given all of the tools, powers,
>and responsibilities for management -- nothing can be held back. They
>must have their own budget that they develop themselves; they must be
>allowed to spend it in any way they see fit; they must develop their own
>objectives for service; they must also develop their own systems for
>measuring their success. All of this must be done without the distraction
>of "higher-ups" offering unsolicited critique or "advice" about the
>decisions. The team must be accountable to itself.
There are limits, of course. The team and senior management must have
come to some agreement on performance goals and timeframes. And the
team's continued existence will, in large part, be determined by how close
it is coming to those goals. Typically, a team would report in quarterly
or semi-annually, but to this depends on the nature of the task the team
has.
--Rol Fessenden
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