When a new team forms, it concerns itself with becoming oriented. It does this through testing. It tests to discover the boundaries of interpersonal and task behavior. At the same time, the members are establishing dependency relationships with leaders, fellow team members, or any standards that existed when the group formed. The behaviors of orientation, testing, and dependence become the process called Forming.
Members behave independently when the team forms. While there may be good will towards fellow members, unconditional trust is not yet possible.
Work during the Forming stage is categorized as follows:
