Transcript Team Building Tips SWE 301 / 401 Internship Preparation & Reflection Jeff Offutt

Team Building Tips
SWE 301 / 401
Internship Preparation & Reflection
Jeff Offutt
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/
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Good Team Members
… are great finishers
… criticize in private
and praise in public
… make their
leaders better
… can be trusted
… lead
themselves
… accept and live the
vision of the group
… make their teammates better
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Good Team Members
… participate actively
… are
… treat others with respect
flexible
… communicate
… listen actively
constructively
… put the
… are committed
team first
to the team
… are reliable
… cooperate instead of compete
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Good Team Members
… know their own strengths
… know their own weaknesses
… know their teammates’ strengths
… and find ways to put them together
© Jeff Offutt
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Good Teams
Are when the whole
is stronger than the
parts
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