Summary

The concept of SMWTs in a project environment is both desirable and debatable. It is debatable because of the nature of project environment where there are continuous deadlines and insufficient time to change organizational culture for creating SMWTs and a need to have a project manager who acts a single point of contact for the owner. At the same time, it is revolutionary and desirable because it increases performance, adaptability, quality and innovations which are necessary to compete globally.

In a project environment, the concept of SMWT is not entirely satisfactory. However, a mature self-motivated team in a project environment is practically similar to Self-Managed Work Teams in an ongoing operation. What is required is a combination of the valuable attributes of the SMWT and an attitude that satisfies the project environment. Because self-motivation is such an important factor in the goal-oriented project environment, we call the resulting team a Self-Motivated Project Team (SMPT).