Owners drive project success by strategically selecting strategies that promote team _____ and group _____.

• A. integration; cohesion
• B. communication; efficiency
• C. risk-sharing; transparency
• D. flexibility; speed

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is how to build a team that works as one united unit. When owners choose strategies that promote integration, they ensure people, processes, data, and tools across the owner, design-builder, and constructor align and interact as a single system rather than in silos. Cohesion adds the social glue—trust, shared goals, and collaborative behavior—that keeps team members committed to common outcomes and willing to openly share information and resolve issues together. Together, integration and cohesion enable better decision-making, reduce rework, and improve overall project performance. Other options describe useful outcomes or aspects of certain methods, but they don’t address the fundamental team dynamics as directly as integration and cohesion.