Different types of teams

While all teams consist of people, there are several variations due to the objective or nature of the work being performed by the team. Let's examine some types of teams found in the knowledge industry:

  • Perpetual teams:
    • This is the most common form of a team in long running product development organizations like Oracle, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and so on. A product like Oracle Database© Oracle, or Oracle Financial© Oracle, or MS Office© Microsoft is supposed to be on the market for a very long time. While the product will evolve over a period of time, it may retain its branding and basic purpose. Teams working on such products are also supposed to be long term, almost till eternity (which could be anywhere between 10-20 years ...

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