Teamwork

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Teamwork

• in CIS406

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RAD Operates Along 4 Areas

• For a maximum development speed
• People
• Process
• Product
• Technology

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RAD--the People Advantage

• What makes the biggest difference in a projects
  success?
• People!
• How do you motivate people to be successful?
• Software developers are motivated by?
• Managers are motivated by?

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What does it mean?

• Motivation
• forces that cause you to work
• Morale
• current desire to work on a job
• Job Satisfaction
• How well does the job fulfill important job
  related values

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Motivators (in order of importance)

• Managers
• Responsibility
• Achievement
• Work itself
• Recognition
• Growth possibilities
• Interpersonal relations with subordinates and
  peers
• Advancement
• Salary

• Programmers/Analysts
• Achievements
• Growth possibilities
• Work itself
• Opportunity for technical supervision
• Advancement
• Interpersonal relations with peers
• Recognition
• Salary

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Project Planning to Support Software Developer
Achievement

• Team members need to buy in to work
• They will work to goal objectives
• They need opportunity to grow and learn
• They need to be able to focus on the work itself
• They need to be recognized for their
  achievements
• Cash bonuses
• Recognition dinners with executives
• Vacation time bonuses

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Project Planning Management Morale Killers

• Micro-management by team leader
• Excessive schedule pressure
• Lack of appreciation for achievements
• Being kept out of decision making
• Low quality of the product
• Productivity barriers remove distractions

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Successful Teamwork

• Shared goals
• Sense of team identity
• Results-driven structure
• Competent team members - mix of roles
• Commitment to team
• Mutual trust

• Interdependence
• Effective communication
• Sense of autonomy
• Sense of empowerment
• Small team size
• High level of enjoyment

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How to manage a successful team

• Establish a vision - set of common goals
• Create change to meet the vision
• Manage the team as a team - responsible for their
  own actions
• Delegate challenging tasks to the team
• Leave details of tasks to team (autonomy)
• When team fails to work, fix problems with
  Motivation, Organization, or Information

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Team Structure Issues

• Teams broad objective
• Problem-resolution - solving complex, poorly
  designed problem
• Creativity - developing new products, etc.
• Tactical execution - carrying out well-defined
  plan
• Which one is appropriate to us?

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Poor Structure

• Causes
• Increased development time
• Reduced quality
• Damages to morale which increases turnover
• Project cancellation

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How will we organize teams?

• You will organize 4 or 5-person teams based on
• Variety of skill sets -- each person programs,
  but also has specialized role
• People you know and can trust
• Times available to meet -- have to sign a
  contract guaranteeing 5 hours per week

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What will be your teams biggest problem?

• Design?
• Programming?
• Managing team members so that there is NO FREE
  RIDING!
• Analysis?

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How to prevent free riding?

• Establish group norms in which every team member
  is expected to contribute
• Agree on times you can meet and work
• Use Microsoft Project Manager to depersonalize
  the process
• Enforce the norms - teams are expected to manage
  their own processes
• Divorce is possible
• Peer evaluations at end of course
• Avoiding Free-Riding in CIS406 (course policy)