1. Systems Development Methodology Day 2 4. semester spring 2013

2. Agenda Teams Principles for teamwork Becoming a good teamplayer
Team values
Principles for effective teams
Appreciative inquiry
Exercise
workshop

3. Teams in Organisations
”Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. Its teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
Patrick Lencioni
(i: The five dysfunctions of a team)

4. What is a team?
A Team is a relatively small number of persons, who are sharing common goals AND responisbility AND rewards to obtain the goals.
Team members are focusing on a shared vision and can easily set aside personal goals
Otherwise it is just a group of people

5. Principles for Teamwork
Results
Accountability
Commitment
Conflicts
Trust
And then it is easier to focus on the shared vision instead of own personal goals.
It is easy to take responsibility – and to hold each other accountable – in a environment based on trust
When everybody freely speak there mind the participants can whole-hearted commit in the design of important solutions
Therefore you can have passionate dialogues on key issues and core values. You can disagree and challenge each other in order to find the best answer
In a team you trust each other on a fundamental level. It is without problems to be vulnerable to each other when it comes to weaknesses, fears and behavior.

6. Innovation and entrepreneurship Becoming A Good Team Player
Requires teamwork
Innovation is about getting new ideas of new ways of doing something
All innovation starts with creative ideas
Ability to cooperate constructively
The quality is in the process

7. Team Development
The intention is that you become effective teams

8. The Effective Team A small unit working on a common project with:
Shared goals and vision
Shared responsibility
Shared rewards
A Team work together – a group is just together working

9. 4 key values for Teams Focus on Relations Curiosity Co-construction
Appreciation

10. 5 principles for effective teams
Trust
Failing is a chance for learning
Conflicts
Differences are a chance for dialogue
Commitment
Everybody needs a voice
Intrinsic Government
Responsibility
Not accountability
Results
Focus on the shared vision, not own goals
Results
Trust
Respon-sibility
Conflict
Re-solution
Com-mit-ment

11. Trust Pattern: Community of trust
Trust can be regarded as the fundamental property of all innovative enterprises
All good relations are build on trust

12. Commitment Co-construction Inner Motivation not outer motivation
Intrinsic government not external control
Everyone should have a voice

13. Responsibility Pattern
Use as a reminder:
Hang it in your project room
Eliminating questions of Guild
Responsibility redefined.
Christopher Avery

14. The conflict staircase – the escalation of conflicts
Sickness
Polari-sation
Open hostility
Images of enemy
Conversa-tion stops
Problem grows
Personi-fication
Disagreement
Harassment
Stress
fractions
Poor
service
irony

15. Results
Shared vision
Easily set aside personal gain
Share rewards

16. Introduction to a methodology for team development
Appreciative Inquiry
Introduction to a methodology for team development

17. AI – A little warm-up exercise
Try and think of yesterday - focus on something that you succeeded in, something that made you happy, a good moment etc.
Please write down keywords

18. AI – A little warm-up exercise
Think a little more:
What was it that made it a good experience/moment for you ?
What did you do ?
what did others do ?

19. AI – A little warm-up exercise
What could have made the day / experience / moment even better ?

20. AI – A little warm-up exercise
When you have the answer to these 3 questions you have a story of success.
You have used your analytical skills
You have been creative coming up with visions on how the situation could have been even better
The skills you have demonstrated here can be used in many different situations….

21. AI – Overall objective
Setting our imagination free and develop our native ability to be positive and constructive.

22. AI – The Model
Appreciative focus Problem-oriented focus Best experiences Problems/ unfilled needs Visions for the future Analysis of causes Values – dialogue Analysis of solutions Creating the future Creating a plan

23. AI workshop
Story Telling one at a time: Describe your best team experience while the rest of the group is encouraged to be curious and engage in dialogue with the focal person

24. AI workshop
list and develop a consensus on the attributes of highly effective groups
Decide which of these attributes should characterise your teamwork this semester

25. Group cooperation

26. Groupwork

27. Ending Something that made an impression on you today?
Anything that have surprised you today?
What have your fellow students done that made a difference today?
Which new thoughts have you had today?
Anything you would like to have had more of today?
Any Obstacles?