The professor assigned 10 people per group, and my group was the worst, and very negative. I had solid experience working with teams and also with difficult teams, for that reason I decided to be proactive and initiate the communication path the faster way as possible. I called a kick off meeting to break the ice, and showed the project description, scope and a high level milestones list. Next, I told the team that we needed to define a project organization and determine each person’s responsibility. During the meeting nobody wanted the leader position, just wanted to do a task. I decided to take the challenge position, and established some rules to help us to be more committed with the project. After multiple meetings, we had long days working in the analysis and design, and creating a prototype, analysis, design and complete the project documentation. Finally, after working together one full semester, we completed the project plan successfully and all the class requirements. Our final project got an A. This example shows clearly that we need to understand the project complexity, the people and also considering their backgrounds, beliefs, and interests to have a successful
The professor assigned 10 people per group, and my group was the worst, and very negative. I had solid experience working with teams and also with difficult teams, for that reason I decided to be proactive and initiate the communication path the faster way as possible. I called a kick off meeting to break the ice, and showed the project description, scope and a high level milestones list. Next, I told the team that we needed to define a project organization and determine each person’s responsibility. During the meeting nobody wanted the leader position, just wanted to do a task. I decided to take the challenge position, and established some rules to help us to be more committed with the project. After multiple meetings, we had long days working in the analysis and design, and creating a prototype, analysis, design and complete the project documentation. Finally, after working together one full semester, we completed the project plan successfully and all the class requirements. Our final project got an A. This example shows clearly that we need to understand the project complexity, the people and also considering their backgrounds, beliefs, and interests to have a successful