X-Team Paper Students will continue their analysis of the team they selected to complete their Team Analysis Paper by creating an X-Team. To do this analysis, students will apply the principles from X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed to the team analyzed for the Team Analysis Paper. Students will provide a summary of the previous analysis then speculate on how the chosen team could apply the three X-Team Principles in the future, discuss the possible use of X-Team Extreme Execution Tools, discuss the needed X-Team Support Structure, as well as the Infrastructure and Key Success Factors needed to create X-Teams. The paper is 8 pages, +/- a page, plus a cover page and reference sheet.

The grading rubric for this X-Team Paper is below:  

Analysis of the three X-Team Principles:75 Points

Analysis of X-Team Extreme Execution Tools: 50 Points 

(focus on the tools discussed in chapter four) Analysis of X-Team Support Structure:50 Points 

Analysis of Infrastructure and Key Success Factors: 50 points

APA Style, Grammar, length (8 pages, +/- a page): 25 Points

Total: 250 Points