Cohesive teams is what keeps the team together and working together

A dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency of a team to stick together and remain united in pursuit of its goals and objectives despite difficulties and set-backs. It is distinguished from group-cohesionby the importance in team cohesion of dynamic processes and the pursuit of team goals. See also social-cohesion, task-cohesion.

Types of Cohesion

The seven types of cohesion are as stated by (Ian Sommervile 1998):

1. "Coincidental cohesion: The parts of a component are not related but simply bundled into a single component.

2. Logical association: Components that perform similar functions such as input, error handling and so on are put together in a single component.

3. Temporal cohesion: All of the components that are activated at a single time, such as start up or shut down, are brought together.

4. Procedural cohesion: The elements in a component make up a single control sequence.

5. Communicational cohesion: All of the elements of a component operate on the same input data or produce the same output data.

6. Sequential cohesion: The output from one element in the component serves as input for some other element.

7. Functional cohesion: Each part of the component is necessary for the execution of a single function".