The analysis of the cooperation of team members shall serve as an example on how the FACTORFINDER-Software works.
The team shall consist of five positions: A team leader, a substitute and three specialists with different responsibilities. Everybody cooperates with everybody else such that a complex network of interaction exists.
Each role within the group can be filled with different persons. Not everybody is adequate for each role. Knowledge, experience and abilities as well as soft factors determine group performance. Possible weaknesses within the group are tolerated as long these weaknesses are not important enough to let the group as a whole fail.
A planner needs to know what is the best person on each role within the workgroup. Although each combination of persons that performs in an acceptable manner is equally acceptable there are differences: In case a group member has to be replaced by somebody else unexpectedly, the others shall be ideal in a way to interact fruitfully with the new member. In this sense, the ideal person shall be appointed for each role. Among a multitude of combinations with acceptable results, there are combinations that are preferable.
It is advantageous to know what position within the group is the most important for group performance. A role, that has critical influence on group performance can not be staffed with just anybody. There are few alternatives and weaknesses are tolerated least.