Team Leader Training How to manage a team or be on a team

Team Leader Training How to manage a team or be on a team (and survive) 540f07tltrain5sep6 1

Stellman&Greene – ch10:4 What did you learn? 540f07tltrain5sep6 2

Being a Team Every member should feel that they are contributing Every member should feel that others are contributing Every member should know for what she/he is responsible Every member should do all types of tasks 540f07tltrain5sep6 3

Team Building Misunderstandings destroy teams Many businesses spend much effort on “team building” Teams work better with trust Ice breakers – TTYT – each team member tells one thing good that happened this week 540f07tltrain5sep6 4

Icebreakers For next four team meetings, start with one of the following (or similar) – – – – Favorite TV show and why it is a favorite Best first job after college Last movie you watched Favorite song or musical group Mutter a lot, blame me, etc but do it! (I may ask) 540f07tltrain5sep6 5

Team Organization Everyone does everything – specialized roles not allowed “Controlled Decentralized” – problem solving as a group – team leader delegates responsibilities 540f07tltrain5sep6 6

Leadership Multiple styles – find your own style Lead - don’t be the whole team – you can’t do everything yourself Lead - don’t follow – don’t let team members drive the team Lead - don’t drive – don’t be a dictator Build up your team members 540f07tltrain5sep6 7

Team Meetings One of the most common complaints is that meetings are not productive Be organized – – – – have agenda for meeting know due dates have schedule at least till next presentation set assignments 540f07tltrain5sep6 8

TTYP 1 What do you (as a team member) expect from your team leader? Or, what makes a great team leader? Turn in – names and team number 540f07tltrain5sep6 9

Posting assignments/issues/decisions Each team leader will post – A weekly list of tasks and evaluation of last week’s results – A semester list of issues and decisions (chronological) – this may change during the semester Must be posted by noon on Fridays 540f07tltrain5sep6 10

Team Grades Submit Weekly by Email on Friday – Starting Friday, Sep 14th Justify grades less than 100% – On web – 0-10 pts (actual 0-100%) Advice – Don’t Promise – Be harder at the beginning - it is easier to become more lenient than to become more demanding – Create a grading rubric – send me a copy (by Sep 13) 540f07tltrain5sep6 11

Presentations Team Web page current 24 hours before – presentation form and CD Dress Appropriately (coat and tie) 50 minutes (Pres 1 - 25 min ) – – – – introduce team introduce project present materials answer questions Rubric sheet 540f07tltrain5sep6 12

Presentation Goals Experience Communication – what is team doing Evaluation and Direction – evaluate documentation and code Feedback from Professor and TA Grading is not based on correctness of ideas 540f07tltrain5sep6 13

Presentation Rubric Sheet Each category – Short description of expectations – Points for different levels – Bold indicates normal Paper copy needs to be circled and turned in 24 hours before presentation with CD containing all required documentation (DON’T ZIP FILES) 540f07tltrain5sep6 14

First Presentation September 25-26 Documentation - on team page and CD – Description of Project » assumptions, capabilities, limitations – Object Model (OMT) » classes, relationships, attributes – State Diagram Projector – postscript files, powerpoint, rose 540f07tltrain5sep6 15

TTYP2 Discussion What can you do to make your team better? 540f07tltrain5sep6 16

Non-cooperation Talk with team member Make sure assignments are clear and written Give low weekly percentages Make assignments non-critical Request that grading is separate 540f07tltrain5sep6 17

Team member interviews Every team leader needs to interview each team member separately. – Get to know each other – Find out concerns of team members – Determine strengths of each team member Send me a report by Sep 13th that details the meetings and includes a summary of the team’s strengths and weaknesses (attach a word doc, no zip files) 540f07tltrain5sep6 18

Assignments – Tuesday, Sep 11 Reading S&G ch 10: 1,2 Journaling – I will post set of words to be defined 540f07tltrain5sep6 19

Be a successful team Communicate Organize Plan Succeed Good Luck 540f07tltrain5sep6 20