Team Tips #1 Getting Started

Start-Up Checklist Purpose Stakeholders Limits and Expectations Team Roles Ground Rules Logistics

Purpose Determine What the Team is Suppose to Do and Why? List Team Goals and Targets Tip: Write a Brief Team Purpose Statement and Make it Visible at Each Team Meeting

Stakeholders Who are the Stakeholders? We Are All “Rooting” For You Your Team Members Your Classmates Not in Your Team Your Graduate TA Your Professor The ME Department Your Parents We Are All “Rooting” For You

Limits and Expectations Money/Budget/Materials Time and Deadlines Workloads and Priorities People on the Team Outside Resources Training

Team Roles Tip: Team Leader Team Member Keeps Team on Target Resolves Conflict Arranges Logistics Communicates to Stakeholders Team Member Focuses on Team Goals Listens Keenly Participates Fully Keeps Commitments Values Different Ideas Tip: The Team Leader is also a Team Member, and all Team Members Share Equal Responsibility for the Outcome.

Ground Rules Decisions Made by Consensus Make Decisions Based on Available Data Everyone Participates and Voices Opinions Punctuality at All Meetings Assignments Completed on Time Continuous Evaluation and Improvement

Consensus Consensus Means Finding an Option That All Team Members Will Support. It Does Not Mean That All Team Members Would Select That Option as Their First Choice. Tip: Consensus Decisions are Smooth to Implement Since They are Supported by the Entire Team.

Logistics How Often To Meet? Where to Meet? What Time Will the Meetings Be? How Long Will Meetings Last? What About Absenteeism? What About Supplies and Materials?