ABSTRACT
A team Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) is a description of the cognitive skills needed to perform a task proficiently. A behavioral account of a team’s performance would tell us which team member is responsible for which subtasks. A behavioral account would show how the responsibility for a subtask shifts throughout the performance cycle. A behavioral account would help us observe the team and see if it was following the procedures. However, a behavioral account would not help us understand how the team was interpreting the situation, how the team was making decisions, how the team was confused about roles and functions of different members, or how the team was monitoring itself so that it could adapt or improvise when necessary. That is why a team CTA can be helpful— it can describe the way the team is thinking as opposed to the steps it is following.
