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ISyE Senior Design Teamwork Effectiveness

ISyE Senior Design Teamwork Effectiveness. Part I – Building an Effective Team. Who am I?. Blake E. Cherrington, Ph.D., P.E. Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering University of Dayton Executive in Residence GT Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship . Why am I here?.

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ISyE Senior Design Teamwork Effectiveness

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  1. ISyE Senior Design Teamwork Effectiveness Part I – Building an Effective Team

  2. Who am I? Blake E. Cherrington, Ph.D., P.E. Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering University of Dayton Executive in Residence GT Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship

  3. Why am I here? • The biggest problem you are likely to have in senior design (and in your career) is figuring out how to work together effectively as a group. • It is very often frustrating and difficult, but the problems are (often) easy to avoid, or solve. • I’m here to help.

  4. What’s in it for you? • I am available for consultation by individuals or teams on ‘team dynamic’ problems. • I have nothing to do with the grade you receive. • What you tell me is between you and me.

  5. How do you get in touch with me? • By appointment. • Blake.Cherrington@comcast.net • blake.cherrington@ile.gatech.edu • We can meet in my office (4166/488 4th Floor Management Building beside ‘Trading Floor’), or Bookstore Starbucks, or over here. • I’m usually on-campus on Wednesdays, but I can come in on other days.

  6. How Many of You Have Had Problems Working in Teams? • How many of you get mad at the ‘slacker’ who doesn’t pull her/his weight? • How many of you have been really honked off with the obnoxious team member who wants to tell everybody what to do?

  7. How many of you wish some of the team members would listen to your good ideas and use them? • How many of you wish the blabber mouths with the crazy ideas on your team would just shut up and get to work?

  8. What teamwork problems can you expect? • One or two of your team members will not pull their weight. • Communications between team members will break down. • Communications with your client will be difficult. • Your project schedule will blow up. • Your leader will quit, or be replaced.

  9. How can you avoid these problems? • Build an effective team. • Develop an effective communications strategy. • Accept responsibility and report regularly. • Establish a schedule and monitor your progress. • Learn to disagree without being disagreeable.

  10. ISyE Senior Design Teamwork Effectiveness Part I – Building an Effective Team

  11. Building an Effective Team Look for • Competence, • Character, • Complementary skills , • Collaborative ability, • Commitment.

  12. What Skills are Desired • One member with a close relationship with the project sponsor. • Several members with excellent writing and presentation skills. • Members with exceptional proficiency in simulation / programming languages. • Someone willing to take on the considerable work of leading and coordinating the team.

  13. Team Choice Strategies • Get your friends together. • GPA Grouping. • Skills Inventory Approach. • Football Draft based on oral presentation (best) or written. • Secret Ballot.

  14. Application for Team(Skills Inventory) • ISyE courses taken, electives. • Special skills (computer languages, Web page creation, PPT, Word, speaking skills) • Work and co-op experience, hobbies, sports. • Previous leadership experiences. • Live on campus? Have a car? • Outside time commitments (family, job) • Statement of Strengths as team member.

  15. Choosing the Team • Do a ‘skills inventory’ for each prospective member. • Interview prospective team members to see if they have a complementary skill set and the 5 ‘C’s’. • Look for diversity. Reflect the client. • Choose a leader (carefully) and respect that choice.

  16. Building Team Chemistry • Complete the Myers-Briggs personalityprofile and use it for problem solving. • Share the ‘Skills Inventory’ with each other. • Socialize to build friendship and respect.

  17. The Team – be honest with each other • What does each team member consider a personal win? • A top notch performance that’s worth an A+++ • A pretty decent job that keeps my GPA up • No worse than a C • As long as I don’t fail • Get to know what other demands are on everyone’s time.

  18. Summary of strategies • Define the skills you will need. • Do a skills inventory. • Keep in mind the five ‘C’s’. • Choose the team members. • Build team chemistry. • Be honest with each other.

  19. There’s a lot more • This is a very brief summary of strategies to make a more effective team. • I would be glad to meet with any individual or any teams to go into more depth on any of these topics.

  20. How can I help? • I am a coach, not an advocate. • You have to solve your own problems. • I can help you define the problem in actionable terms. • I can suggest strategies to resolve the issue.

  21. How do you get in touch with me? • By appointment. • Blake.Cherrington@comcast.net • blake.cherrington@ile.gatech.edu • We can meet in my office (4th Floor Management Building, or Starbucks), or over here. • I’m usually on-campus on Wednesdays, but I can come in on other days.

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