Team Leader Training How to manage a team

Team Leader Training How to manage a team or be on a team (and survive) 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 1

Stellman&Greene – ch 10: 4 u What did you learn? 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 2

Being a Team u Every member should feel that they are contributing u Every member should feel that others are contributing u Every member should know for what she/he is responsible u Every member should do all types of tasks 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 3

Team Building u Misunderstandings destroy teams u Many businesses spend much effort on “team building” u Teams work better with trust u Ice breakers – TTYT – each team member tells one thing good that happened this week 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 4

Icebreakers u 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 u Mutter a lot, blame me, etc but do it! (I may ask) 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 5

Team Organization u Everyone does everything – specialized roles not allowed u “Controlled Decentralized” – problem solving as a group – team leader delegates responsibilities 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 6

Leadership u Multiple styles – find your own style u Lead - don’t be the whole team – you can’t do everything yourself u Lead - don’t follow – don’t let team members drive the team u Lead - don’t drive – don’t be a dictator u Build up your team members 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 7

Team Meetings u One of the most common complaints is that meetings are not productive u Be organized – have agenda for meeting – know due dates – have schedule at least till next presentation – set assignments 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 8

TTYP 1 u What do you (as a team member) expect from your team leader? u Or, what makes a great team leader? u Turn in – names and team number 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 9

Posting assignments/issues/decisions u 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 u Must be posted by noon on Fridays 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 10

Team Grades u Submit Weekly by Email on Friday – Starting Friday, Sep 14 th u Justify grades less than 100% – On web – 0 -10 pts (actual 0 -100%) u 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) 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 11

Presentations u Team Web page current 24 hours before – presentation form and CD u Dress Appropriately (coat and tie) u 50 minutes (Pres 1 - 25 min ) – introduce team – introduce project – present materials – answer questions u Rubric sheet 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 12

Presentation Goals u Experience u Communication – what is team doing u Evaluation and Direction – evaluate documentation and code u Feedback from Professor and TA u Grading is not based on correctness of ideas 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 13

Presentation Rubric Sheet u Each category – Short description of expectations – Points for different levels – Bold indicates normal u Paper copy needs to be circled and turned in 24 hours before presentation with CD containing all required documentation (DON’T ZIP FILES) 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 14

First Presentation u September 25 -26 u Documentation - on team page and CD – Description of Project » assumptions, capabilities, limitations – Object Model (OMT) » classes, relationships, attributes – State Diagram u Projector – postscript files, powerpoint, rose 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 15

TTYP 2 Discussion u What can you do to make your team better? 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 16

Non-cooperation u Talk with team member u Make sure assignments are clear and written u Give low weekly percentages u Make assignments non-critical u Request that grading is separate 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 17

Team member interviews u 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 u Send me a report by Sep 13 th that details the meetings and includes a summary of the team’s strengths and weaknesses (attach a word doc, no zip files) 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 18

Assignments – Tuesday, Sep 11 u Reading S&G ch 10: 1, 2 u Journaling – I will post set of words to be defined 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 19

Be a successful team u Communicate u Organize u Plan u Succeed u Good Luck 540 f 07 tltrain 5 sep 6 20