Team members feel comfortable with the project and with each other. No one is either tense or bored. Discussions are lively, and each member of the team has a chance to participate. They summarize, paraphrase, or ask questions in order to encourage explanation or elaboration. Team members feel comfortable disagreeing with each other.
Disagreements are polite and friendly.
Team members avoid both formal voting and easy compromises. They have no secrets or ulterior motives. Work assignments are fairly distributed and promptly completed. It displays to those outside the team a distinct identity. The team includes members who emphasize the quality of the document, the setting of objectives, the process of investigating alternatives and building consensus, and the administration of the team.