Stephen is assigned to a project team. The team is relatively newly formed, and he finds there is tension and conflict in the team. There is also competition for roles, with two or more people often vying for a particular piece of work. He discusses this with a friend who tells him this is a stage of team development. What is the model called and which stage is this? ered . Tuckman's model. This stage is Storming, which is soon after the start of a project. Tuckman's model. This stage is Forming and the tension is the result of members trying to get to know each other