TABLE 5.1 Factors NASA professionals rated as important to a successful team

TABLE 5.1. Factors NASA professionals rated as important to a successful team

Factor		Mean Importance Score (1 = no importance; 5 = very important)
1.	The team has enough time and resources to complete the task.	4.7
2.	There is a sense of “team responsibility” among team members.	4.6
3.	The team openly and critically debates various solutions to the problem based on their scientific and technical merits.	4.5
4.	The team engages in “healthy” debate over various approaches to the problem or task early on.	4.4
5.	During its lifetime, the team experiences a point at which it steps back and critically examines where it is going.	4.4
6.	Working on the project is professionally rewarding to individual team members.	4.3
7.	Not all team members may agree with the approach or method taken to completing the task but are supportive of the team decision.	4.3
8.	Debate and critical evaluation of members’ ideas are encouraged.	4.3
9.	Team members take the time to explain their ideas and methods so that team members learn from one another.	4.3