1. What is a team? A team is: a small group of people
with complementary skills
committed to a common purpose as well as
sharing performance goals and an approach
for which they hold themselves
Mutually accountable.

2. Engineering is teams
Professional Success: individuals working alone are usually ineffective in solving current complex engineering problems. Instead, well-trained interdisciplinary teams can address complex problems more productively.
Industry Work Environment: Boeing, Cessna, Lockheed, GE, Intel, Motorola, Xerox, Ford, GM, AT&T all publicly state their commitment to a team-based environment
ABET Criterion: Graduates must demonstrate “an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams”

3. Effective Teams Interdependence: team members count on each other
Goal Specification: team shares common goals by which to measure its success
Cohesiveness: motivation to work in team. Task-cohesion is more important than social cohesion.
Role and Norms: a team's internal operating procedures ensure all contribute
Communication: effective interpersonal communication is vital to team functioning

4. Common Problems We don't seem to be very organized
One of my teammates never participates
Nobody comes to our meetings prepared
We seem to lose track of time and/or we get off task
Most of my teammates just want to rush to accomplishment

5. Code of Cooperation Defines your team norms—
operating rules, expected behavior, rewards, sanctions
modified as needed
written and shared, so expectations are clear
No “unwritten rules”, which can lead to miscommunication

7. Code of Co-op Examples
English Class (link)
Ubuntu (link)

8. Your Code of Co-op I
What are the expectations you have for your team? What would you like to see in a Code of Cooperation?
Think:
Operating Rules, Expected Behavior?
Number of meetings?
Time outside of class?
Agenda?
What is accomplished
Organization
Physical work
Discuss with a partner

9. Your Code of Co-op II Code of Cooperation Class Discussion
Design a Code of Cooperation for your team

10. Team Skills Participation Effort Interacting with teammates
Keeping the team on track
Expecting quality
Having task-related knowledge / skills / abilities

11. Team Lifecycle pt. 1
Forming – tentative, polite, but exciting and full of possibility
Storming – criticism, conflict, poor attendance; hostility, polarization, coalition forming
Norming – agreement on procedures, role definition, revise Code of Cooperation, more “we”
Performing – decision making, problem solving, mutual cooperation, task orientation
Adjourning – sad goodbyes, leaving a legacy

12. Team Lifecycle pt. 2
Courtesy of Dr. Matthew Ohland

13. Roles Role structure helps organize the team Roles for our teams
Captain
NOT the boss!
Encourager / gatekeeper
Project Manager: Meeting Coordinator, Timekeeper
Recorder
Critical Evaluator a.k.a. “Devil’s Advocate”

14. Start-Stop-Cont. Pt. 1 Practices your team should START
Example: agenda one week before meetings
Practices to STOP
Example: arriving late to meetings
Practices to CONTINUE
Example: associating meetings with social events

15. Start-Stop-Cont. Pt. 2 What should your team Start? Stop? Continue?
Think
Discuss with a partner

16. Start-Stop-Cont. Pt. 3 What should your team Start? Stop? Continue?
Discuss as class

17. Effective Meetings: Use agendas Use issue bins Use action lists
Value diversity

18. Solving Team Probs. I We don’t seem to be very organized”
Use an agenda to structure time
Make sure you have a time keeper
Use an issue bin to avoid distraction
“One of my teammates never participates”
The encourager should be proactive
Impose consequences indicated in Code of Cooperation or amend to address this issue
Let me know

19. Solving Team Probs. II “No one comes ready to work”
Use an agenda and assign responsibilities.
Impose consequences indicated in Code of Cooperation or modify Code to address this.
Seek help from me if problem persists.
“We lose track of time /get off of task”
Make sure you have a time keeper
Use an agenda and allocate time to activities.

20. Solving Team Probs. III “My teammates want to rush to finish”
Assume the role of Critical Evaluator
Employ open communication to discuss individual and team goals

21. Questions?