Software Teamwork Workshop

The responsibility for building effective technology teams is more than just a management issue. Our current reliance on processes, methodologies, and tools is misguided in that it largely looks outward, rather than inward for solutions. There must be a better way!

Based on the book Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success, this multi-day workshop extends the range of elements to consider as a precursor to change. These go beyond an inventory of team skills to include cultures, motives and attitudes as a means of determining the fit of any proposed approach. As broad participation is necessary for effective change, emphasis is placed on personal participation and responsibility for the success of the team.

This workshop examines the challenges and barriers we face with typical approaches when attempting to build effective teams. In doing so, Software Teamwork helps you look beyond the traditional team building models to explore personal motives, attitudes, skills and interpersonal relationships - all fair game as potential opportunities for improvement. Indeed, the tools and practices explored in this course can provide far more dramatic improvement in team productivity and personal satisfaction than simply adopting someone else's methodology!

This workshop will emphasize:

• Understanding the challenges associated with dogmatic application of standard development approaches
• Recognizing and managing the human elements that can affect team and personal productivity
• Appreciating the value of broad participation in project decision-making
• Identifying the specific practices that can be applied to consciously grow and improve team dynamics, and make improvement initiatives more effective
• Combining the team practices described here to support critical review of current practices and adoption of refinements as required

Audience

This workshop will be valuable for all the participants in a technical project: software engineers, managers, analysts, user representatives, and anyone other stakeholder involved.

For intact teams, the session will bring the team closer together, with a better appreciation for each other and a deeper understanding of their shared goals.

In an open enrollment setting, the workshop uncovers deep insight into the participant's personal stake in their work, and provides a wide range of tools to bring back for use with their own teams.

Format

This workshop is an engaging blend of lecture, class discussion, and group exercises on all the facets of individual and team involvement on technology projects.

The content has been designed specifically to work for the unique constraints of the different environments of undergraduate training, open enrollment sessions or work with intact project teams. We will work with you to tailor content to your precise needs.

For intact teams, we start with a diagnostic of current practices that all participants complete prior to the training. This serves as a strong basis for shared understanding of current practices, and helps us understand where to emphasize content in the workshop.

Participants get a complete snapshot of the results (statistically anonymous, of course), as well as feedback on where the group lies relative to other teams that have taken the diagnostic in the past.

Outline

Introduction to Software Teamwork:

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