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# Teams

A Team is a group of employees within a [Unit ](/your-organization/units.md)who share similar responsibilities and work from a shared [mobile board](/mobile-app/your-mobile-boards.md#team-board).  Think of it as a department at a specific location — Kitchen, Front Desk, Sales Floor, Warehouse Pickers.

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## Why set up Teams?

* **Target Missions** — schedule Missions to specific teams at specific locations
* **Shared mobile board** — the team works from one communal board (typically on a shared iPad/tablet)
* **Track performance** — report on Mission completion by team

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## How Teams work

* Each team has a [**shared mobile board**](/mobile-app/your-mobile-boards.md#team-board) 
* Missions are scheduled for **specific teams at specific units**
* Only team members can [**claim and close**](/mobile-app/perform-a-mission.md) Missions on their team's board
* Other users can view the board but not interact with it

Taskmaverick uses a two-level system:

| Concept           | What it is                                                           |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Team Template** | A reusable blueprint created once — defines the team name and rules  |
| **Team in Unit**  | An actual team at a specific location, populated with real employees |

**Example:** Create a "Kitchen" Team Template once. Every restaurant location gets its own Kitchen team — same Missions, same processes, different employees.

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## How to create a Team Template

1. Go to **Teams → New Team**
2. Enter the team name and optional tag
3. Set the **Maximum Claimed per Person** setting (default is 1)
4. Save

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The template is now available to add to any unit.

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## How to add a Team to a Unit

1. Go to **Units** → select a unit
2. Add the Team Template to the unit
3. Assign employees to the team

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## Good to know

* If a Team Template is **deactivated or deleted**, all teams using it across all units are affected and become inactive
* **Maximum Claimed per Person** controls how many Missions one person can work on simultaneously within the same Team board


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