In this course, our main focus is for you to succeed. If you regularly do the following items throughout your project, you will increase your probability of success.
Organize and Schedule
- Plan to meet regularly – then attend all of the team meetings
- Organize roles and responsibilities and plan to meet or exceed all of your commitments
- Schedule weekly meetings with the company sponsor
- Schedule 5-10 hours of time in your calendar to work on your project and this class every week – then track your hours and report them each week
Over-communicate
- Over-communicate with team members, company sponsors, and your team Professor/TA Coordinator
- Recognize and value differences in cultures, approaches, and capabilities of teammates and sponsors
- Support your teammates to under-promise and over-deliver
Challenge Yourself to Grow
- Try to do new hard things every week to grow your personal skills and help your project succeed
- Learn new approaches and try new things in order to work with difficult people effectively
- Identify opportunities to make an impact on your project that can become a resume, CV, or portfolio bullet