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TECHIN 517 - ROBOTICS LAB II

TEAMWORK

WEEK 2 | WEDNESDAY | APR 6, 2022

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TEAM EVALUATION

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TEAM EVALUATION

  • Attended a large majority of group meetings
  • Maintained contact with other group members
  • Communicated constructively in discussions
  • Generally was cooperative in group activities
  • Encouraged and assisted other group members
  • Made a genuine attempt to complete all jobs agreed by the group
  • Made an intellectual contribution to the completion of the task
  • Did (at least) their fair share of the work
  • Based on your ratings above, this student’s contribution overall on this group task

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TEAMWORK

Katzenbach & Smith: The Discipline of Teams

Working Group

  • Strong, clearly focused leader
  • Individual accountability
  • The group's purpose is the same as the broader organizational mission
  • Individual work-products
  • Runs efficient meetings

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  • Measures its effectiveness indirectly by its influence on others (e.g., financial performance of the business)
  • Discusses, decides, and delegates

Team

  • Shared leadership roles
  • Individual and mutual accountability
  • Specific team purpose that the team itself delivers
  • Collective work-products
  • Encourages open-ended discussion and active problem-solving meetings
  • Measures performance directly by assessing collective work-products

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  • Discusses, decides, and does real work together

https://hbr.org/2005/07/the-discipline-of-teams

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TEAMWORK

  • Meet people properly
  • Find things you have in common
  • Make meeting conditions good
  • Let everyone talk
  • Check your egos at the door
  • Praise each other
  • Put it in writing
  • Be open and honest
  • Avoid conflict at all cost
  • Phrase alternatives as questions

Randy Pausch

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/tipoForGroups.html

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TEAM ROLES IN CSE 481

  • ROS guru: Understands the nitty gritty details of ROS (e.g. what's the difference between a topic and a message?) and knows how to use different ROS tools. 
  • Perception guru: Understands sensor data and can write software for processing it. 
  • Hardware guru: Understand the hardware, is not afraid of using a screw-driver or a 3D printer. 
  • Design and fabrication guru: Makes sketches of ideas, knows 2D and 3D computer-aided design tools, knows how to operate the laser cutter and 3D printer.
  • User interface guru: Understands human factors and usability, makes things look good. 
  • Manager: Makes sure every team member is on the same page at all times. Help make decisions (layout pros and cons). Enforce "interface agreements" so components can be easily integrated. 
  • Documentation and communications: Makes videos, takes notes, writes blog posts, gives presentations.