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Author: jkbeta

Aug 28th 2012 at 1:38:40 PM

So, it's essentially "balanced five-person team"? Ok, how about this stab at a write-up?

One common way to have a five-person team is to make it up from two matched pairs of characters and a fifth, mediating character. The matched characters will be foils for each other, while the pairs complement each other and the mediating character. Often, the character pairs will follow standard dynamics, such as BrainsAndBrawn, RedOniBlueOni, <whatever>. <Need to say something about the pair-pair-mediator structure here - it's not just lifting three-person ensembles>. This being said, the main idea behind this team structure is that it allows for a five-person team with an easily definable contrast and complementation structure.

A common way to implement this team structure is to have one pair provide leadership, e.g., as TheLeader and TheLancer, another provide operational capability, e.g. using a BrainsAndBrawn duo, and let the mediator be TheHeart. A very specific implementation of this is the FiveManBand.